Arif Babayev (singer)
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| Born | Arif İmran oğlu Babayev 20 February 1938 Sarıhacılı, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR |
| Died | 1 August 2025 (aged 87) Baku, Azerbaijan |
| Education | Azerbaijan State University of Culture and Arts |
| Occupation | Singer |
Arif İmran oğlu Babayev (20 February 1938 – 1 August 2025) was an Azerbaijani mugham singer.[1]
Life and career
[edit]Born in Sarıhacılı on 20 February 1938, Babayev graduated from the Azerbaijan State University of Culture and Arts in 1962. From 1963 to 1966, he worked for the Azerbaijan State Academic Philharmonic Hall. In 1966, he collaborated with the Azerbaijan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater. In 1984, he was hired by the Hajibeyli Azerbaijan State Conservatoire as a singing teacher.[2] He also wrote multiple mugham songs, based off the genre traditions of artists such as Seyid Shushinski, Khan Shushinski, and Zulfu Adigozalov.[3]
Arif Babayev died in Baku on 1 August 2025, at the age of 87.[4]
Awards
[edit]- Honored Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR (1978)
- People's Artiste of the Azerbaijan SSR (1989)
- Shohrat Order (1998)[5]
- Personal Pension of the President of Azerbaijan (2002)[6]
- Istiglal Order (2008)
- “Gizil Chinar” International Award (2010)[7]
- Sharaf Order (2018)
- Honorary Diploma of the President (2023)[8]
- Jubilee medal "100 years of Heydar Aliyev (1923–2023)" (2024)[9]
- Heydar Aliyev Mükafatı (2025)
References
[edit]- ^ "Xalq artisti Arif Babayev dəfn edilib". Oxu.az (in Azerbaijani). 1 August 2025. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
- ^ "Ариф Бабаев". Report.az (in Russian). Archived from the original on 27 October 2020.
- ^ "Arif Babayev". Metbuat.az (in Azerbaijani).
- ^ "People's Artist Arif Babayev passed away". Axar.az. 1 August 2025. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
- ^ "Arif Babayevin "Şərəf" ordeni ilə təltif edilməsi haqqında Azərbaycan Respublikası Prezidentinin Sərəncamı". Baku Academy of Music (in Azerbaijani). 19 February 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
- ^ "Azərbaycan Respublikası Prezidentinin "Azərbaycan Respublikası Prezidentinin fərdi təqaüdünün təsis edilməsi haqqında" 11 iyun 2002-ci il tarixli Fərmanına uyğun olaraq qərara alıram". Government of Azerbaijan (in Azerbaijani). Archived from the original on 7 September 2022.
- ^ "Ümummilli lider Heydər Əliyevin anadan olmasının 87-ci ildönümü və Heydər Əliyev Fondunun fəaliyyətə başlamasının 6 illiyi münasibətilə təntənəli mərasim keçirilib". Heydar Aliyev Foundation (in Azerbaijani). 10 May 2010. Archived from the original on 30 March 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
- ^ "A.İ.Babayevin "Azərbaycan Respublikası Prezidentinin fəxri diplomu" ilə təltif edilməsi haqqında Azərbaycan Respublikası Prezidentinin Sərəncamı". President of Azerbaijan (in Azerbaijani). 21 February 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
- ^ Naib, İlkin (20 February 2025). "Arif Babayevə "Heydər Əliyevin 100 illiyi" yubiley medalı təqdim edilib". Azerbaijani Press Agency (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved 1 August 2025.
External links
[edit]- Arif Babayev discography at Discogs
- Arif Babayev at IMDb
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