Chingiz Sadykhov (), also spelled Sadikhov or Sadighov (5 April 1929, in

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– 30 December 2017, in

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), was a Soviet and Azerbaijani musician and

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. He was active in Baku and San Francisco.

Biography

He graduated from Bul-Bul Musical School in

and Azerbaijani State Conservatory. Mr. Sadykhov further studied for PhD degree in Moscow Conservatory under professor Goldenveyser. Then he returned to

where he lived until 1994 before migration to the United States. He resided in

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. Initially Chingiz Sadykhov played classical music but later switched to Azerbaijani music. He has spent much of his life accompanying Azerbaijan's most prominent singers, including

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, the founder of Azerbaijan's professional vocal school;

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, the singer who most often represented Azerbaijan throughout the world during the Soviet period; Mirza Babayev, one of the former Soviet Union's best-known pop stars; and Muslim Magomayev, one of the former Soviet Union's best-known pop stars. When asked how many songs are in his repertoire, Chingiz readily admitted that there were so many that he wouldn't know where to start counting.

Albums

Songs Of Azerbaijan (1998
* Piano Music Of Azerbaijan (2003) * Muzik Of Azerbaijan (2006)

References

External links

*To listen to Chingiz, clic

*Chingiz Sadykhov , 1929 births 2017 deaths Azerbaijani classical pianists Musicians from Baku Baku Academy of Music alumni Moscow Conservatory alumni Azerbaijani emigrants to the United States {{Asia-musician-stub