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Murad Magomedovich Kajlayev (Russian: Мурад Магомедович Кажлаев, Murad Magomedovič Kažlajev) is a Soviet and Dagestani composer and conductor,[1] People's Artist of the USSR (1981), laureate of international premiums and contests, Artistic Director and Chief Conductor of the Great Academic Concert Orchestra named after Silantyev, professor and academician at Russian Academy of Natural Sciences.[2]

Murad Kajlayev
Background information
Born	(1931-01-15)15 January 1931 Baku, TSFSR, USSR
Origin	Soviet Union, Russia
Occupation(s)	Composer, conductor

Biography

Murad Kajlayev was born on 15 January 1931 in Baku to a Lak family. He graduated from Baku State Conservatoire from Boris Zeidman's composition class. He was expelled from there for his ardour for practicing non-academic musical genres but soon he was reclaimed. He worked as a teacher at musical school named after Pyotr Tchaikovsky, in Makhachkala, as chief conductor of the Dagestan Radio Symphonic Orchestra (1957-1958), artistic director of the Dagestan Philharmonic Hall (1963-1964) and secretary of administration of the Union of Composers of the RSFSR (from 1968).[1]

References

На других языках

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- [en] Murad Kajlayev

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[ru] Кажлаев, Мурад Магомедович

Мурад Магомедович Кажла́ев (род. 15 января 1931, Баку, Азербайджанская ССР, ЗСФСР, СССР) — советский и российский композитор, дирижёр, педагог, общественный деятель[1]. Герой Труда Российской Федерации (2021). Народный артист СССР (1981), Народный артист РСФСР (1978), Заслуженный деятель искусств РСФСР (1960), Народный артист Республики Дагестан (2016).

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