Uzeyir bey Abdulhuseyn oghlu Hajibeyov, known as Uzeyir Hajibeyov, was an Azerbaijani composer, conductor, publicist, playwright, and social figure. He is recognized as the father of Azerbaijani composed classical music and opera. Uzeyir Hajibeyov composed the music of the national anthem of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic. He also composed the anthem used by Azerbaijan during the Soviet period. He was the first composer of an opera in the Islamic world. He composed the first oriental opera Leyli and Majnun in 1908 and since then he is revered for adapting the written masterpiece to the theatre.
Gara Abulfaz oghlu Garayev, also spelled as Qara Qarayev or Kara Karayev, was a prominent Soviet Azerbaijani composer. Garayev wrote nearly 110 musical pieces, including ballets, operas, symphonic and chamber pieces, solos for piano, cantatas, songs, and marches, and rose to prominence not only in Azerbaijan SSR, but also in the rest of the Soviet Union and worldwide.
Timur Selçuk was a Turkish composer, pianist, singer and conductor.
Fikret Mashadi Jamil oghlu Amirov was a prominent Soviet and Azerbaijani composer.
Niyazi Zulfugar oghlu Taghizade Hajibeyov was a Soviet and Azerbaijani conductor and composer. People's Artist of the USSR (1959) and Hero of Socialist Labour (1982).
Soltan Ismayil oghlu Hajibeyov was a Soviet Azerbaijani composer. He was awarded the People's Artist of the USSR
Ahmad Jovdat Ismayil oglu Hajiyev was one of the major Azerbaijani composers of the Soviet period. He is remembered for his monumental orchestral works, having been the first Azerbaijani to compose a symphony (1936). He studied under Azerbaijan's Founder of Composed Music, Uzeyir Hajibeyov and under Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich.
Leyla Mahad qizi Vakilova was a Soviet and Azerbaijani ballerina and ballet instructor.
Zeynab Yahya qizi Khanlarova is a Soviet and Azerbaijani singer (soprano), People's Artist of the USSR (1980), Azerbaijan (1975), Armenia (1978).
Rauf Soltan oghlu Hajiyev was a Soviet and Azerbaijani composer and politician. He was awarded the honorary title of 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).
Tofig Ahmed-agha oglu Bakikhanov is a composer. He was awarded the title People's Artiste of the Azerbaijan SSR (1990).
Agshin Aligulu Alizade was a Soviet and Azerbaijani composer, People's Artist of the Azerbaijani SSR (1987).
Babek is a heroic Spartacus-like ballet in two acts, based on the story of the people’s liberation struggle against Abbasid Caliphate under the leadership of Babak Khorramdin. Akshin Alizadeh composed the music and the prominent Azeri choreographers of the Soviet era Rafiga Akhundova and Maksud Mamedov choreographed the ballet for Azerbaijan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater in 1986.
Azerbaijani classical music includes a range of musical styles rooted in the traditions of Western or European classical music that European settlers brought to the country from the 20th century and onwards.
Azerbaijani ballet is the training methods and aesthetic qualities seen in classical ballet in Azerbaijan.
Yalchin Vasif oghlu Adigezalov is Azerbaijani conductor and teacher. People's Artist of Azerbaijan. Adigezalov is a professor at the State Music Academy of Azerbaijan, the Baku Music Academy and Azerbaijan State Conservatory. He is a member of the third generation of a famous musical dynasty.
Nima Kiann is an Iranian-born Swedish ballet dancer, choreographer, visual artist, and dance scholar.
Galib Mammadov is an Azerbaijani-Norwegian composer. He is influenced by both Western and Eastern music traditions and composed a wide range of musical pieces for various instruments and orchestras.
Mammadagha Mammadali oglu Umudov is an Azerbaijani musician and composer. Distinguished Artist of the Azerbaijan Republic (2007).
Magsud Davud oghlu Mammadov is a Soviet and Azerbaijani ballet dancer and ballet master. People's Artiste of the Azerbaijan SSR (1970).
