Yagub Mammadov (singer)

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Yagub Mammadov
Yaqub Məmmədov
Born(1930-05-05)5 May 1930
Aghjabadi District, Azerbaijan SSR, TSFSR, USSR
Died5 June 2002(2002-06-05) (aged 72)
Baku, Azerbaijan
Genresmugham
Occupationkhananda
Years active1949–2002
AwardsPeople's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR Honored Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR

Yagub Mammad oghlu Mammadov (Azerbaijani: Yaqub Məmməd oğlu Məmmədov, 5 May 1930 – 5 June 2002) was an Azerbaijani khananda, or mugham singer.[1][2]

Biography

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Yagub Mammadov was born on 5 May 1930 in Aghjabadi District. In 1956 he came to Baku for the Republican Youth Festival and became a laureate of the festival. Then he was invited to the Azerbaijan State Philharmonic Hall.[3] Mammadov had been working at the Philharmonic since 1958 and simultaneously studying in the class of Seyid Shushinski at the Asaf Zeynalli Music College. Mammadov was a soloist at the Azerbaijan State Philharmonic Hall for many years and performed at concerts. His mugham performances, recorded on gramophone shafts, have spread throughout the Near and Middle East.[4]

Mammadov died on 5 June 2002 in Baku.[4]

Awards

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References

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  1. ^ Енциклопедия Азербайджанского Мугама. Баку: Шарг-Гарб. 2012. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ^ "YAQUB MƏMMƏDOV... ÖZÜ DƏ BİRİNCİSİ". mediaforum.az (in Azerbaijani). Archived from the original on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  3. ^ "Qiymətli səs xəzinəsi". 5 May 2011. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  4. ^ a b ""Qarabağın musiqi xəzinəsi" xanəndə Yaqub Məmmədova həsr olunub". 7 December 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  5. ^ "Y. M. Məmmədovun "Şöhrət" ordeni ilə təltif edilməsi haqqında AZƏRBAYCAN RESPUBLİKASI PREZİDENTİNİN FƏRMANI". 3 December 2001. Retrieved 15 September 2021.