Background
The son of a woodcutter, the composer was born December 26, 1918 (January 8, 1917) in the village of Verkhne-Sermenevo (now known as Sermenevo, in the Beloretsky District of Bashkortostan, Russia).
The son of a woodcutter, the composer was born December 26, 1918 (January 8, 1917) in the village of Verkhne-Sermenevo (now known as Sermenevo, in the Beloretsky District of Bashkortostan, Russia).
Garipovich studied in the Bashkir seven-year school in the village of Nijne-Sermenevo. He graduated early and began working in Beloretsk lespromhoz appraiser. During the days he studied at the music studio, which opened in Ufa (1936).
The performing arts center in Ufa, Russia is named after him. From the beginning of his studies, the future composer was interested in the native folk music of the Bashkir people, and learned to play the quray. In 1932 he went to study at the Inzer wood-chemical school.
In 1935, Arslan Mubaryakov invited him to take part in the Bashkir Academic Drama Theatre, Ufa, where he played in the evenings as a quray player.
In 1937, Garipovich went to study at the studio of the Bashkir Moscow Conservatory. During World World War II he worked in Ufa, was part of concerts given for front-line troops, and composed patriotic songs.
After the war, he finished training in the studio in 1948, then became part of the music composition faculty at the Moscow Conservatory. Garipovich became chairman of the Union of Composers of the Bashkir Republic in 1958.
He was a deputy of the Supreme Soviet of Bashkortostan for many years, and was eventually elected its Chairman.
The composer"s works were performed in Russia, the republics of the former National Union (now Commonwealth of Independent States ) and internationally (Bulgaria, China, Romania, North of Korea, Yugoslavia, and Ethiopia). Additionally, they were published and recorded by the record production company, "Melodiya", and are available in the stock records of Bashkir radio and television Garipovich contributed to the development of national opera, chamber vocal, choral and instrumental music in the Soviet Union. His work expresses the ideological themes of working in harmony, friendship and love, and reflects the civil-patriotic, national creative ideal.
The composer developed the tradition of classical Russian music culture, their history and musical-dramatic concepts.
Garipovich"s work has had a national historic theme, with strong influence from his Bashkir heritage. His opera Salawat Yulayev tells the story of a national hero, while the epic opera The Ambassadors of the Urals, deals with the reunification of the Russian Bashkir, and Kahym-Turea tells the story of a military commander who led the Bashkirs against Napoleon in 1812.
The opera Akmulla is based on the life of the Bashkir poet and educator of the 19th century. Ismagilov"s works ranges from operas like Shaura and Waves Agideli, to musical comedies such as Codasil and Almakan.
After a long illness, he died in Paris in 2003.
Union of Soviet Composers.