Gara Garayev

Personal information

Known for: Sound
Known credits: 20
Gender: Male
Born: February 5, 1918
Died: May 13, 1982
Place of birth: Baku, Bakinskaya guberniya, People's Republic of Azerbaijan
Also known as: Кара Абульфаз оглы КараевKara KarayevQara Əbülfəz oğlu QarayevГара ГараевКара Караев

Biography

Gara Abulfaz oghlu Garayev (Azerbaijani: Qara Əbülfəz oğlu Qarayev, Russian: Кара́ Абульфа́зович Кара́ев (Kara Abulfazovich Karayev), February 5, 1918 – May 13, 1982), also spelled as Qara Qarayev or Kara Karayev, was a prominent Soviet Azerbaijani composer. Garayev wrote nearly 110 musical pieces, including ballets, operas, symphonic and chamber pieces, solos for piano, cantatas, songs, and marches, and rose to prominence not only in the Azerbaijan SSR, but also in the rest of the Soviet Union and worldwide.