(MENAFN- AzerNews)
Laman Ismayilova read more This year marks the 130th anniversary of the birth of Khadija
Gayibova, who entered the history of Azerbaijani music as the first
professional female pianist.
International Mugham Center has hosted a musical evening
dedicated to the memory of the prominent pianist, Azernews reports.
Khadija Gayibova was known as the first professional female
pianist of Azerbaijan and the first talented piano performer of
mughams.
She was born into the family of a well-known cleric, Osman
Muftizadeh, in Tiflis on 24 May 1893. He wanted to give his
daughter a perfect education and see her as a professional
musician.
Distinguished by her music talent, Khadija received her first
musical education at St. Nina girls' school in Tbilisi.
In 1911, Khadija completed her secondary education with the
Golden Cross badge and was awarded a diploma with a golden frame
after attending a special course in the piano class of Professor N.
Nikolayev.
In 1919, Gayibova moved to Baku with her family. She was one of
the founders of the Azerbaijan State Conservatory in 1920.
Furthermore, she became head of the Department of Oriental Music in
the Azerbaijan People's Commissariat for Education. During this
time, Gayibova organized short-term piano and drama classes for
women. In 1927, she was admitted to the Azerbaijan State
Conservatoire specialising as a composer.
As a result of Stalin' repressions in the 1930s, lots of
Azerbaijani intellectuals, including poets, writers, teachers,
cultural and artistic figures were arrested and executed. Among
those victims was also Khadija Gayibova. She was released three
months later and the charges were dropped due to lack of evidence.
In the following year she was employed by the Azerbaijan State
Conservatoire to research Azerbaijan's folk musical legacy.
Nurida Sultanova, the successor of Khadija Gayibova, spoke at
the event and expressed her gratitude to all the performers and
those who contributed to the celebration of her great-grandmother's
anniversary.
Next, the soloists of the Mugham Center thrilled the listeners
with classical music pieces, mughams and folk songs.
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