Gara Garayev
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Gara Abulfaz oghlu Garayev was a prominent Soviet Azerbaijani composer. Garayev wrote nearly 110 musical pieces, including ballets, operas, symphonic and chamber pieces, solos for piano, cantatas, son
Garayev in 1948
Azerbaijani postage stamp featuring Gara Garayev, 1998
Scene from the Seven Beauties ballet.
Tahir Salahov
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Tahir Salahov was a Soviet and Azerbaijani painter and draughtsman. He was First Secretary of the Artists' Union of the USSR, Vice-President of the Russian Academy of Arts, member of over 20 academies
Gara Garayev
…and compels one to act. I'm grateful that I've had the chance to be in touch with his music and to be the first one to interpret most of his works. Tahir Salahov, Azerbaijani painter: I must say that I indeed have been fortunate, not only because I had the chance to meet such a talented musical personality but…
Salahov in 2018
Salahov's painting Aidan (1967) on a 2011 stamp of Russia