Background
Niyazi was born on August 20, 1912 in Tbilisi in a family of prominent Shusha musicians. His father was the composer Zulfugar Hajibeyov.
Niyazi was born on August 20, 1912 in Tbilisi in a family of prominent Shusha musicians. His father was the composer Zulfugar Hajibeyov.
He studied at the Gnessin Music School in Moscow in 1925-1926. In 1929-1930 he studied at the Central Musical Technical School in Leningrad (now Saint St. Petersburg), but dropped out due to health problems.
He was playing the violin in "Qırmızı Kadet" Turkish military orchestra in 1921. He returned to Baku in 1931. Hecher Khanum"s family would not approve of the marriage.
They lived a very difficult yet fulfilling life.
Union of Soviet Composers.