Ismayil Ahmad Jovdat oglu Hajiyev ( az, İsmayıl Əhməd Cövdət oğlu Hacıyev; born 18 November 1949) is an

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of th ...

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conductor and composer. He is the son of Azerbaijani composer

Jovdat Hajiyev Ahmad Jovdat Ismayil oglu Hajiyev (June 18, 1917 - January 18, 2002) was one of the major Azerbaijani composers of the Soviet period. He is remembered for his monumental orchestral works, having been the first Azerbaijani to compose a symphony (1 ...

and folk dancer

Amina Dilbazi Amina Pasha qizi Dilbazi ( az, Əminə Dilbazi; 26 December 1919, Qazakh, Azerbaijan – 30 April 2010, Baku, Azerbaijan) was an Azerbaijani folk dancer. Biography Cousin of poet Mirvarid Dilbazi, Amina Dilbazi was born in a rural community near ...

Early life and education

In 1973 Ismail Hajiyev graduated from the

Azerbaijan State Conservatoire The Hajibeyov Baku Academy of Music (Azeri: ''Hacıbəyov adına Bakı Musiqi Akademiyası'') is a music school in Baku, Azerbaijan. It was established in 1920 in Baku and was previously known as the Hajibeyov Azerbaijan State Conservatoire. H ...

with high honours in the field of Theory of Music and Composition under mentorship of famous Azerbaijani composer Qara Qarayev, and received a degree of the Master of Music.

Career

In 1975 he became a member of the Union of Composers of the

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and created symphonies, symphonic variations, string quarters, three symphonic poems, piano compositions and passacaglia for the orchestra. In 1975-1981 Hajiyev studied in

Saint Petersburg Conservatory The N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov Saint Petersburg State Conservatory (russian: Санкт-Петербургская государственная консерватория имени Н. А. Римского-Корсакова) (formerly known as th ...

specialising in Opera and Symphonic Conducting under the supervision of Professor Ilya Musin, and Musical Director of St. Petersburg Kirov Theater, and the Principal Guest Conductor of

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, New York, Valery Gergiev. After graduation, he became an assistant to the Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra Artistic Director,

Evgeny Mravinsky Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Mravinsky (russian: Евге́ний Алекса́ндрович Мрави́нский) (19 January 1988) was a Russian conductor, pianist, and music pedagogue; he was a professor at Leningrad State Conservatory. Biog ...

. In this period of time, Hajiyev made a lot of recordings with his performances. In 1985, Ismayil Hajiyev created the first Commercial Chamber Orchestra of Classical and Contemporary music called ''Ilham'' in

. With this orchestra, he toured around the world and gave numerous successful performances. Ilham's repertoire included both Western and Oriental musical compositions. Since 1999, Ismayil Hajiyev has resided in

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...

. In 2001, he founded the Silk Road Chamber Orchestra in Canada. With this orchestra, he has given a series of successful performances in

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and

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. ''Kaspiy''. 3 September 2010. Retrieved on 9 September 2010.

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* * Azerbaijani composers Azerbaijani conductors (music) Male conductors (music) Soviet Azerbaijani people 1949 births Living people Azerbaijani emigrants to Canada Baku Academy of Music alumni 21st-century Canadian conductors (music) 21st-century Canadian male musicians {{Azerbaijan-composer-stub