Baku Academy of Music

Short description: Music academy in Baku

Hajibeyov Baku Academy of Music

Hacıbəyov adına Bakı Musiqi Akademiyası

Type| Public
Established| 1920
Location|

Baku

Azerbaijan

Website| musicacademy.edu.az

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.

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 Academics
* 3 Notable staff and alumni
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## History

In 1920, Azerbaijani composer Uzeyir Hajibeyov began a movement aimed at propagating classical music among the people. His report presented at the Azerbaijani People's Commissariat of Education (early Soviet analogue of a Ministry of Education) offering the establishment of a high-level music education institution resulted in the approval of his proposal. Thus, the Azerbaijan State Conservatoire was founded on 25 May 1920.[1] Hajibeyov became one of its first instructors. In the 1920s, he established the Oriental Department, where Azeri folk music was taught both traditionally (orally) and by European methods, i.e., using notes. Along with composer Muslim Magomayev, he developed the textbook Azeri Folk Songs published in 1927. In 1939, Hajibeyov was made head of the Conservatoire.[2]

In 1930, the Saint Thaddeus and Bartholomew Armenian Cathedral of Baku was demolished as part of the early Soviet atheist policy to make way for the construction of the new academy building.

During World War II, the conservatoire executives organized hundreds of concerts for military units and soldiers who recovered in hospitals.[2] It was enhanced with the Bulbul Specialized Secondary Music School in 1931, the Music Studio School in 1980, and the Mammadova Opera Studio in 1984.[3]

In 1991, it was renamed Hajibeyov Baku Academy of Music.

## Academics

There are three faculties and 18 departments. The academy offers graduating students master's, kandidat's, and doctorate degrees. There are two research laboratories — the Restoration and Improvement of Ancient Musical Instruments Laboratory established in 1991 and the Investigation of Professional Oral Music Traditions Laboratory, established in 1992.

## Notable staff and alumni

* Gara Garayev
* Fikrat Amirov
* Soltan Hajibeyov
* Jovdat Hajiyev
* Arif Melikov
* Khayyam Mirzazadeh
* Sona Aslanova
* Polad Bülbüloğlu
* Tofig Guliyev
* Ismayil Hajibeyov
* Vagif Mustafazade
* Muslim Magomayev
* Ödön Pártos
* Kovkab Safaraliyeva
* Vladimir Shainsky
* Asaf Zeynalli
* Dilara Kazimova
* Javid Samadov
* Yusif Akhundzade
* Fidan Aghayeva-Edler
* Emin Sabitoglu
* Aliya Teregulova
* Tatiana Sheinin
* Aida Huseynova

## References

1. ↑ Baku Academy of Music: History (1920-1939) Musakademiya.musigi-dunya.az. Retrieved 30 December 2006
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Baku Academy of Music: History (1939-1956) Musakademiya.musigi-dunya.az. Retrieved 30 December 2006
3. ↑ Baku Academy of Music: Divisions . Musakademiya.musigi-dunya.az. Retrieved 30 December 2006

## External links

* Baku Musical Academy website (in Azerbaijani, Russian, and English)

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