Akif Islamzade (, born August 8, 1948) is an Azerbaijani singer.

Biography

Islamzade was born on 8 August 1948 in Baku to

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singer

Sara Gadimova Sara Gadimova (, 31 May 1922 – 12 May 2005) is an Azerbaijani singer who started her career as a soloist of the Azerbaijan State Philharmonic Society in 1941. The song "Compassionate sister", which was created by Uzeyir Hajibeyov and Samad Vu ...

. He graduated from

Azerbaijan State Economic University Azerbaijan State University of Economics () is a public university located in Baku, Azerbaijan. UNEC was founded in 1930, and it is one of the biggest educational institutions of the South Caucasus. UNEC has 14 faculties, where 18.5 thousand st ...

in 1979. In 1972, he started as a vocalist at

Rashid Behbudov State Song Theatre The Azerbaijan State Song Theatre named after Rashid Behbudov () is located in Azerbaijan's capital, Baku, on Rashid Behbudov Street, and is named after Rashid Behbudov, who founded it in 1968. The theatre building was originally built as a syn ...

. In 1976, he participated as a vocalist in Tofig Ahmadov's state orchestra. In 1986, he stopped his musical activities due loss of voice. After that, he retired from recording full-length albums. The problem of his voice got worse, and affected not only his ability to sing, but also to speak.

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