Murad Kazhlayev | |
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Background information | |
Born | Baku, Transcaucasian SFSR, USSR | 15 January 1931
Origin | Soviet Union |
Died | 23 December 2023 Makhachkala, Dagestan, Russia | (aged 92)
Occupation(s) | Composer, conductor, pedagogue |
Murad Magomedovich Kazhlayev (Russian: Мурад Магомедович Кажлаев; 15 January 1931 – 23 December 2023) was a Russian composer and conductor.[1] He was a People's Artist of the USSR (1981), People's Artist of the Republic of Dagestan (2016), and laureate of international premiums and contests. He was also Artistic Director and Chief Conductor of the Great Academic Concert Orchestra named after Silantyev, a professor and academician at Russian Academy of Natural Sciences.[2]