Ganja State Philharmonic Hall has presented a concert program
dedicated to the memory of well-known tar player Zarif Gayibov
within "Ganja and the People of Ganja" project,
Azernews reports.
During the concert, the soloists of the International Mugham
Center, Vasif Yusifov, and soloists from the Ganja
Philharmonic-Rustam Jafarov, Samira Hadiyeva, Musa Bayramov, Vusal
Namazov, Fuad Ramazanov, Firdovsi Firdovsizade, and Zamina
Mustafaeva, along with international competition laureate Mirnofel
Hasanov delighted the audience with works by such classics as
Suleyman Alasgarov, Vasif Adigozalov, Said Rustamov, Ramiz
Mirishli, as well as beautiful mugham compositions. They were
accompanied by the folk instruments orchestra of the Ganja State
Philharmonic Hall, conducted by Hayal Gahramanov. The concert
program aroused great interest among music lovers.
Zarif Gayibov was born on February 4, 1920, in Ganja. His
father, Ismayil-bay, was a well-known educator, and his mother,
Firuzakhanum, was a teacher.
Recognizing his son's musical abilities, Ismayil-bay, on the
advice of his close friend, the great composer Uzeyir Hajibayli,
enrolled 9-year-old Zarif in the Ganja Music School to study
tar.
His first teacher was Hamza Aliyev. Later, at the initiative of
Uzeyir Hajibayli, he was admitted to the Baku Music College, where
he became one of the favourite students of the outstanding
composers Said Rustamov and Ahmad Bakikhanov.
Zarif quickly gained fame in Baku as a talented tar player,
performing at the State Philharmonic and on radio with a repertoire
consisting of classical pieces and mugham.
He had an exceptional memory for the unique characteristics and
nature of each mugham.
Thanks to these qualities, he was invited to the Azerbaijan
Opera and Ballet Theater named after M.F. Akhundov, where he
performed with the symphony orchestra.
In 1938, he participated in the Decade of Azerbaijani Literature
and Art in Moscow, and in 1939, he was among the musicians
representing the republic at the first All-Union Review of Folk
Instrument Performers in Moscow, where he was recognized as one of
the best musicians in the USSR.
In 1940, Zarif Gayibov became a soloist of the Ganja
Philharmonic, where he also created his own orchestra.
Zarif Gayibov had many plans related to his creative work.
Sadly, they were never realized. He passed away on December 14,
1943, after an illness. He was only 23 years old...
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