Khayyam Mirzazade
Khayyam Hadi oglu Mirzazade (Azerbaijani: Xəyyam Hadı oğlu Mirzəzadə) – is an Azerbaijani composer and professor.
Biography
Khayyam Mirzazade was born on October 5, 1935 in Baku. In 1957, he was graduated from Azerbaijan State Conservatoire. From 1957, he taught at Azerbaijan State Conservatoire. From 1969 to 1983, he was a manager of composition cathedra at Azerbaijan State Conservatoire. Khayyam Mirzazade is the author of symphonic and chamber compositions, music to drama spectacles and movies and lyric songs.
On October 7, 2000 he was awarded with Shohrat Order by the President of Azerbaijan.
Titles and Awards
Honored Art Worker of the Azerbaijan SSR (1972)
People’s Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR (1987)
Lenin Komsomol Prize of the Azerbaijan SSR (1970)
State premiums of Azerbaijan (1976, 1986)
“Shohrat” Order (2000)
Compositions
For chorus, soloist and symphony orchestra:
“Blossom, our Motherland” cantata (together with E.Mahmudov, lyrics by Z.Jabbarzade, 1964)
Ode about party (lyrics by B.Vahabzade, 1975)