Background
Murad Kajlayev was born on January 15, 1931 in Baku to a Lak family.
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Murad Kajlayev
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Murad Magomedovich Kajlayev is a well-known Soviet and Dagestani composer and conductor, People"s Artist of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, laureate of international premiums and contests, Artistic Director and chief conductor of the Great Academic Concert Orchestra named after Silantyev, professor and academician at Russian Academy of Natural Sciences.
Education
He graduated from Baku State Conservatoire from Boris Zeidman"s composition class.
Career
He was expelled from there for his ardour for practicing non-academic musical genres but soon he was reclaimed. From 1990 to 2000, was in charge of Variety-Symphonic Orchestra named after Y.V.Silantyev. Murad Kajlayev is the author of the first ballet of Dagestan called Goryanka ("Girl of the Mountains"), the ballet Shamil, musicals Millions of the Newlywed, Time of Red Apples, music to films and theatrical performances, and also songs.
He worked extensively with poet Rasul Gamzatov.
In 2010, he established the Dagestan Musical School for Gifted Children. In 2011, he founded a unique museum dedicated to musical culture of Dagestan affiliated with the school.
Achievements
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People"s Artist of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics (1981). •Honoured Art Worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1960). •State Premium of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic named after M.I.Glinka (1970) – for the ballet Goryanka. •State Premium of DASSR (1967). •Order of Merit for the Fatherland of the 4th degree (1995). •Order for the Merit for Dagestan Republic.
Membership
Union of Soviet Composers. Cinematographers’ Union of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics.
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Nationality
Russia Soviet Union