Personal Info
Known For
Sound
Known Credits
21
Gender
Male
Birthday
1918-02-05
Day of Death
1982-05-13 (64 years old)
Place of Birth
Baku, Baku Governorate, Russian Empire [now Azerbaijan]
Also Known As
Кара Абульфаз оглы Караев
Kara Karayev
Qara Əbülfəz oğlu Qarayev
Гара Гараев
Gara Garayev
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.
