Gara Garayev
Born: 1918-02-05 in Baku, Baku Governorate, Russian Empire [now Azerbaijan]
Died: 1982-05-13
Known For: Sound
Biography
Gara Abulfaz oghlu Garayev (Azerbaijani: Qara Əbülfəz oğlu Qarayev, Russian: Кара́ Абульфа́зович Кара́ев (Kara Abulfazovich Karayev), February 5, 1918 – May 13, 1982), also spelled as Qara Qarayev or Kara Karayev, was a prominent Soviet Azerbaijani composer. Garayev wrote nearly 110 musical pieces, including ballets, operas, symphonic and chamber pieces, solos for piano, cantatas, songs, and marches, and rose to prominence not only in the Azerbaijan SSR, but also in the rest of the Soviet Union and worldwide.
Filmography
2024
- The 309th Room: Qara Qarayev as Self (Archive Footage)
1982
- Nizami ... (Original Music Composer)
- Seven Beauties ... (Original Music Composer)
1971
- Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment ... (Original Music Composer)
1967
- Man Casts an Anchor ... (Original Music Composer)
1965
- The Great Patriotic War ... (Original Music Composer)
1961
- Leyli and Majnun ... (Original Music Composer)
1960
- Matteo Falcone ... (Original Music Composer)
1959
- The Golden Echelon ... (Music)
- Real Friend ... (Original Music Composer)
- Sea Conquerors ... (Music)
1958
- The Fires of Baku ... (Original Music Composer)
- On Distant Shores ... (Original Music Composer)
- Her Great Heart ... (Original Music Composer)
1957
- Two Boys from the Same District ... (Music)
- Don Quixote ... (Original Music Composer)
- History Lesson ... (Music)
1955
- Vietnam ... (Music)
1953
- The Caspian Story ... (Original Music Composer)
1943
- A Family ... (Original Music Composer)