Kara Karayev
Born: 5th February 1918, Baku, Azerbaijan
Died: 13th May 1982, Moscow, Russia
Nationality: Azerbaijani
Gara Abulfaz oghlu Garayev 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.
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