Yagub Mammadov (singer)

Yagub Mammad oghlu Mammadov (Azerbaijani: Yaqub Məmməd oğlu Məmmədov, 5 May 1930 — 5 June 2002) was an Azerbaijani khananda, or mugham singer.[1][2]

For the politician, see Yagub Mammadov (politician).

Yagub Mammadov
Yaqub Məmmədov
Born(1930-05-05)5 May 1930
Aghjabadi District, Azerbaijan SSR, TSFSR, USSR
Died5 June 2002(2002-06-05) (aged 72)
Baku, Azerbaijan
Genresmugham
Occupation(s)khananda
Years active1949–2002
AwardsPeople's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR Honored Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR

Biography

Yagub Mammadov was born on 5 May 1930 in Aghjabadi District. In 1956 he came to Baku for the Republican Youth Festival and became a laureate of the festival. Then he was invited to the Azerbaijan State Philharmonic Hall.[3] Yagub Mammadov had been working at the Philharmonic since 1958 and at the same time was studying in the class of Seyid Shushinski at the Asaf Zeynalli Music College. Yagub Mammadov was a soloist at the Azerbaijan State Philharmonic Hall for many years and performed at concerts. His mugham performances, recorded on gramophone shafts, have spread throughout the Middle East.[4]

Mammadov died on 5 June 2002 in Baku.[4]

Awards

References
  1. Енциклопедия Азербайджанского Мугама. Баку: Шарг-Гарб. 2012. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. "YAQUB MƏMMƏDOV... ÖZÜ DƏ BİRİNCİSİ". www.mediaforum.az (in Azerbaijani). Archived from the original on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  3. "Qiymətli səs xəzinəsi". 5 May 2011. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  4. ""Qarabağın musiqi xəzinəsi" xanəndə Yaqub Məmmədova həsr olunub". 7 December 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  5. "Y. M. Məmmədovun "Şöhrət" ordeni ilə təltif edilməsi haqqında AZƏRBAYCAN RESPUBLİKASI PREZİDENTİNİN FƏRMANI". 3 December 2001. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
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