Niyazi Hajibeyov Niyazi Hacıbəyov | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Niyazi Hajibeyli |
| Also known as | Maestro Niyazi; Nijazi Zul'fugarovich Tagi-zade-Hajibeyov[1] |
| Born | August 20, 1912 Tiflis, Russian Empire |
| Died | August 2, 1984 (aged 71) Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union |
| Genres | Classical, opera |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, conductor |
| Years active | 1934–1984 |
Niyazi Zulfugar oghlu Taghizade Hajibeyov (Azerbaijani: Niyazi Zülfüqar bəy oğlu Hacıbəyov; 20 August 1912 – 2 August 1984) was a Soviet and Azerbaijani conductor and composer. People's Artist of the USSR (1959) and Hero of Socialist Labour (1982).
- ^ Yampol'sky, I.M. (2001). "Nijazi". In Sadie, Stanley; Tyrrell, John (eds.). The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (2nd ed.). London: Macmillan Publishers. ISBN 978-1-56159-239-5.