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Aziza Mustafa Zadeh is an Azerbaijani singer, pianist, and composer who plays a fusion of jazz and mugam with classical and avant-garde influences.
Fikret Mashadi Jamil oghlu Amirov was a prominent Azerbaijani composer of the Soviet period.
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Niyazi Zulfugar oghlu Taghizade Hajibeyov (1912–1984) was a prominent Soviet Azerbaijani conductor, and composer of the renowned symphonic mugham "Rast".
The Mugam Festival or Shusha Festival is an annual cultural and musical festival held in Shaki, Azerbaijan. The festival features traditional Azerbaijani music known as mugam.
Alasgar Abdullayev or Shakili Alasgar was an Azerbaijani khananda.
The International Mugham Center of Azerbaijan is a center of Azerbaijani arts and music aiming to promote, preserve and popularize the mugham genre of Azerbaijani music. It is located in Baku Boulevard, in downtown Baku.
Azerbaijani tar is a type of oud family instrument that is copied from Iranian tar and has some differences with the original Iranian tar. Although this instrument was used to play Turkish music in Azerbaijan, the works of Iranian music still can still be felt in it.
“Shur”(Azerbaijani: Şur) – is one of the great mughams and one of seven main modes in Azerbaijani music.
“Heyrati” – is one of the rhythmic mughams of Azerbaijan. It’s performed at a key of “C rast” of “Mahur-hindi” branch. Its time signature is – 4/4. It has a vital and heroic character. Musical performance like an introduction is executed after each vocal part.
Segah is a musical modal system in traditional mugham music.
Shushtar is a musical modal system in traditional mugham music.
Dastgāh-e Homayun is a musical modal system in traditional mugham music and one of the seven Dastgāhs of Persian Music.
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Bayaty-Shiraz is a musical modal system in traditional mugham music.
The Jazz mugham is a variant of a musical fusion genre that developed from mixing Azerbaijani jazz with mugham, typically instrumental compositions with a jazz approach to lengthy group improvisations, often using wind and vocal music and displaying a high level of instrumental technique.
Sara Gadimova Sara Gadimova, who started her career as a soloist of the Azerbaijan State Philharmonic Society in 1941, was recognized as a singer in a short time thanks to her unique talent and gained great love for the audience. The song "Compassionate sister", which was created by Uzeyir Hajibeyov and Samad Vurgun in the Second World War, was read by the singer before the Azerbaijani soldiers on the frontline. Hero became an embodiment of the Azerbaijani woman. Noted particularly for her dastgah performance, which excelled other female dastgah performances, she also sang Bayaty-Shiraz, Karabakh shikastasi and other mugham varieties. Gadimova toured twenty two foreign countries. She was awarded the Sharaf Order and Shohrat Order.
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