Yagub Mammadov (singer)
Yagub Mammadov Yaqub Məmmədov | |
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| Born | 5 May 1930 Aghjabadi District, Azerbaijan SSR, TSFSR, USSR |
| Died | 5 June 2002 (aged 72) Baku, Azerbaijan |
| Genres | mugham |
| Occupation | khananda |
| Years active | 1949–2002 |
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Yagub Mammad oghlu Mammadov (Azerbaijani: Yaqub Məmməd oğlu Məmmədov, 5 May 1930 — 5 June 2002) was an Azerbaijani khananda, or mugham singer.[1][2]
Biography
[edit]Yagub Mammadov was born on 5 May 1930 in Aghjabadi District. In 1956 he came to Baku for the Republican Youth Festival and became a laureate of the festival. Then he was invited to the Azerbaijan State Philharmonic Hall.[3] Yagub Mammadov had been working at the Philharmonic since 1958 and at the same time was studying in the class of Seyid Shushinski at the Asaf Zeynalli Music College. Yagub Mammadov was a soloist at the Azerbaijan State Philharmonic Hall for many years and performed at concerts. His mugham performances, recorded on gramophone shafts, have spread throughout the Middle East.[4]
Mammadov died on 5 June 2002 in Baku.[4]
Awards
[edit]- People's Artists of the Azerbaijan SSR — 29 October 1990[citation needed]
- Honored Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR — 1 December 1982[citation needed]
- Shohrat Order — 3 December 2001[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Енциклопедия Азербайджанского Мугама. Баку: Шарг-Гарб. 2012.
{{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "YAQUB MƏMMƏDOV... ÖZÜ DƏ BİRİNCİSİ". www.mediaforum.az (in Azerbaijani). Archived from the original on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
- ^ "Qiymətli səs xəzinəsi". 5 May 2011. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
- ^ a b ""Qarabağın musiqi xəzinəsi" xanəndə Yaqub Məmmədova həsr olunub". 7 December 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
- ^ "Y. M. Məmmədovun "Şöhrət" ordeni ilə təltif edilməsi haqqında AZƏRBAYCAN RESPUBLİKASI PREZİDENTİNİN FƏRMANI". 3 December 2001. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
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