Biography
Gara Abulfaz oghlu Garayev (Azerbaijani: Qara Əbülfəz oğlu Qarayev, Russian: Кара́ Абульфа́зович Кара́ев (Kara Abulfazovich Karayev), February 5, 1918 – May 13, 1982), 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 the Azerbaijan SSR, but also in the rest of the Soviet Union and worldwide.
Filmography
all 20
Movies 20
self 1
Self (Archive Footage)

The 309th Room: Qara Qarayev (2024)
Movie
Original Music Composer / Original Story

Seven Beauties (1982)
Movie
Composer

Nizami (1982)
Movie
Original Music Composer

Man Casts an Anchor (1967)
Movie
Composer

Leyli and Majnun (1961)
Movie
Composer

Matteo Falcone (1960)
Movie
Composer

Real Friend (1959)
Movie
Original Music Composer

Her Great Heart (1958)
Movie
Composer

On Distant Shores (1958)
Movie
Composer

Don Quixote (1957)
Movie
Composer

History Lesson (1957)
Movie
Music

Vietnam (1955)
Movie
Composer

The Caspian Story (1953)
Movie
Composer

The Fires of Baku (1950)
Movie
Original Music Composer

A Family (1943)
Movie
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Known ForSound
GenderMale
Birthday1918-02-05
Deathday1982-05-13 (64 years old)
Birth NameQara Əbülfəz oğlu Qarayev
Birth PlaceBaku, Azerbaijan
ChildrenZuleykha Garayeva, Faraj Garayev
FatherAbulfaz Garayev
MotherSona Akhundova-Garayeva
SiblingsMursal Garayev
CitizenshipsAzerbaijan Democratic Republic, Soviet Union
Also Known AsКара Абульфаз оглы Караев, Kara Karayev, Qara Əbülfəz oğlu Qarayev, Гара Гараев
AwardsMirza Fatali Akhundov State Prize of the Azerbaijan SSR, Stalin Prize, 2nd degree, Honored Art Worker of the Azerbaijan SSR, State Prize of the Azerbaijan SSR, People's Artiste of the Azerbaijan SSR, Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin", Order of the October Revolution, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Medal "For the Defence of the Caucasus", People's Artist of the USSR, Hero of Socialist Labour, Order of Lenin, Lenin Prize
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