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Rauf Hajiyev
Rauf Soltan oglu Hajiyev (; 15 May 1922 – 19 September 1995) was a Soviet and Azerbaijani composer and politician. People's artist of the USSR (1978). He was Chairman of the Union of Composers of the Azerbaijan SSR, minister of culture of the Azerbaijan SSR (1965–1971).
Biography.
Rauf Hajiyev was born on 15 May 1922 in Baku. He wrote his first operetta “Pranks of students” when he was 18 years old. From 1948 to 1949, Hajiyev studied at Moscow
Gaya Quartet
“Gaya“ () well-known Azerbaijani vocal quartet consisting of Arif Hajiyev, Teymur Mirzoyev, Lev Yelisovetski and Rauf Babayev performed in 1960s-1980s. There were song in Azerbaijani, Spanish, Polish, Russian and English languages in their repertoire. Gaya came to the big stage in 1961, when Rauf Hajiyev invited musicians to work in Azerbaijan State Estrada Orchestra. Such composers as Tofig Guliyev, Fikret Amirov, Rauf Hajiyev, Vasif Adigozalov, Faraj Garayev and Tofig Babayev worked with “Gaya”.
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