Alibaba Mammadov

Alibaba Mammadov
Mammadov in 2020
Born
Alibaba Balaahmed oğlu Mammadov

(1929-02-05)5 February 1929
Maştağa, Azerbaijani SSR, Soviet Union
Died25 February 2022(2022-02-25) (aged 93)
Baku, Azerbaijan
NationalityAzerbaijani
Occupation(s)Singer
Composer

Alibaba Balaahmed oğlu Mammadov (Azerbaijani: Əlibaba Balaəhməd oğlu Məmmədov; 5 February 1929 – 25 February 2022) was an Azerbaijani singer and composer of mugham music.[1]

Biography

Mammadov was born in Maştağa, in a musical environment. He attended the Azerbaijani State Music School and attended the classes of Seyid Shushinski.[2] In 1945, he joined the Azerbaijan State Academic Philharmonic Hall.

From 1978 to 1988, he was part of the "Azkonsert birliyi", which previously included artists such as Bulbul, Khan Shushinski, Shovkat Alakbarova, Sara Gadimova, Haji Mammadov, and others. He became director of the "Humayun" Folk Instrumental Ensemble at the Azerbaijan State Academic Philharmonic Hall.

Several of Mammadov's songs are kept in the AzTV archive.[3] He became a mugham professor at the Baku Musical College in 1963, training prominent Azerbaijani singers and paving the way for the modern-day art of mugham.[3]

Mammadov died in Baku on 25 February 2022, at the age of 93.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Əlibaba Məmmədov dünyasını dəyişdi". Qafqazinfo.Az (in Azerbaijani). 25 February 2022. Archived from the original on 27 February 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Əlibaba Balaəhməd oğlu Məmmədov — Azərbaycan xanəndəsi, bəstəkar, Azərbaycan Respublikasının xalq artisti". Government of Azerbaijan (in Azerbaijani). Archived from the original on 19 February 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Алибаба Мамедов: "У тех, кто получает подарки в таком возрасте, с головой не все в порядке"". Day.az (in Russian). 4 February 2013. Archived from the original on 7 February 2013. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  4. ^ "Əlibaba Məmmədov dəfn edilir". Azərbaycan 24 (in Azerbaijani). 26 February 2022. Archived from the original on 28 February 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2022.