Eldar Bahram oglu Mansurov ( / , ; born February 28, 1952) is an Azerbaijani
musician
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,
composer
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Etymology and def ...
and
songwriter
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.
Early life
He is a member of the Mansurov family, which has contributed immeasurably to the advancement of Azerbaijani composers and musical culture in general. His father was renowned musician and
tar
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Uzeyir Hajibeyov
Uzeyir bey Abdulhuseyn bey oghlu Hajibeyov (18 September 188523 November 1948) was an Azerbaijanis, Azerbaijani composer, musicologist and teacher. He is recognized as the father of Azerbaijani classical music. He composed the music of the AzÉ ...
, where he graduated with honors in 1979.
He played the piano in the renowned band "Experiment OK" in 1969. He also performed with the band "Mashal" at the legendary rock festival "Golden Fall" in 1970.
Career
Education
He worked as a professor for a long time. He first instructed pupils at a conventional music school before moving on to Republican Gymnasium of Culture.
Research
In 1983 and in 1987, he attended in International Symposiums in
Samarkand
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,
Uzbekistan
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. His research about the history of
mugham
Mugham () or Mughamat () is one of the many classical compositions from Azerbaijan, contrasting with tasnif and ashik.
It is an art form that weds classical poetry and musical improvisation in specific local modes. Mugham is a modal system. ...
was published in
Azerbaijan
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,
France
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,
Germany
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, and
Russia
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.
TV
Mansurov was a musical editor at Lider TV and BMTI channels. Later on he was promoted to the position of Chef Editor for the main musical shows department at State TV and Radio Committee. He was promoted to Chief Musical Producer while working as a producer of music at the House of Music.
Composer
He is author of "Seven beauties" rock-opera, "Cleopatra" and "Olimp" rock-ballet, 5
symphonies
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, "Mahur-Hindi" symphonic
mugham
Mugham () or Mughamat () is one of the many classical compositions from Azerbaijan, contrasting with tasnif and ashik.
It is an art form that weds classical poetry and musical improvisation in specific local modes. Mugham is a modal system. ...
, several works for instrumental and camera ensembles and pieces for chorus. Moreover, Mansurov composed music for a lot of movies and plays. He owns more than 3000 songs and instrumental music.
Works
" Bayatılar" and "Bahramnameh" is considered as the most famous works by Mansurov.
Bahramnameh was devoted to his father Bahram Mansurov and is for national musical instrument tar, rock group and
symphonic orchestra
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* String instruments, such as the violin, viola, cello, a ...
.
"Bayatılar" was released in Azerbaijan, Russia,
Turkmenistan
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,
Europe
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(including
Turkey
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,
Greece
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, Germany,
Spain
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, France), the
Arab World
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and
Brazil
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. The song was performed by
Brilliant Dadashova
Brilliant Suleyman gyzy Dadashova ( ; born 15 September 1959Vahid Aziz. It was sampled and interpolated by many performers.
"Bayatılar" is the basis of the refrain of the 2009
Eurodance
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hit "
Stereo Love
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" by Romanian musicians
Edward Maya
Eduard Marian Ilie (; born 29 June 1986), better known by his stage name Edward Maya, is a Romanian musician, record producer, DJ, singer and songwriter. He is known for his 2009 smash hit single "Stereo Love".
Career
In and around 2006, Maya w ...
and
Vika Jigulina
Vika Jigulina (born Victoria Corneva; February 18, 1986) is a Moldovan-Romanian record producer, singer, and disc jockey.
Early life and education
Jigulina was born on February 18, 1986, in Cahul, a city in the Moldavian SSR of the Soviet Unio ...
. A copyright dispute over the song resulted in Maya acknowledging that the refrain in his song was actually taken from Mansurov's "Bayatılar".
Another copyright issue was between Mansurov and
Katy Garbi
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Sony Music Entertainment
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Hellas AE (publisher) for stealing his original work in 2011. The Greek court said that the similarity between the 2 songs was more than 50 percent. The entire process was finished in 2023 in favor of Mansurov.
His research on the "History of Mugham Names" earned him third place honors at the Republican Scientific Conference of University Students.
Mansurov got the title of " Honoured Art worker" and " Peoples Artist" in 2005 and 2012 respectively.
In 2022, he was awarded with the
Shohrat Order
Shohrat Order (), translated as ''Order of Glory'', is an award presented by the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
History and status
The order was created by the Decree No. 757 of the President of Azerbaijan, Heydar Aliyev and ratified ...