KARABAKH is a region of Azerbaijan which has been under the occupation of Armenia since the war broke out between the two states in 1988-1994. Around 30,000 people have been killed and one million Azerbaijanis have become refugees in their own homeland. Today the negotiations are being held, albeit with no result. We hope that soon all occupied territories will be freed from the Armenian occupation and wait eagerly for the day when the refugees will return to their homeland who now live in miserable conditions, in wagons and camps.
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Kara Karayev
(1918-1982)
Born in Baku he studied at music school there from 1926-1935 (under Sharoyev). He continued his studies at the Baku Conservatory from 1935-1938 (composition under L.M. Rudolf. He moved on to the Moscow Conservatory from 1938-1941 (composition under Anatolii Aleksandrov and orchestration under S. Vasilenko) and from 1943-1946 (composition under Dmitri Shostakovich). His principal works are three symphonies, suites and symphonic poems, violin concerto, ballets, opera, oratorio, cantatas, film music, piano works, two string quartets, sonata for violin and piano. In his style Karayev is clearly a pupil of Shostakovich. In his music he tries to make a creative synthesis of a non-western musical idiom with Western form, harmony and artistic-audience values. Folklore and national tradition influenced his music.
Born in Baku he studied at music school there from 1926-1935 (under Sharoyev). He continued his studies at the Baku Conservatory from 1935-1938 (composition under L.M. Rudolf. He moved on to the Moscow Conservatory from 1938-1941 (composition under Anatolii Aleksandrov and orchestration under S. Vasilenko) and from 1943-1946 (composition under Dmitri Shostakovich). His principal works are three symphonies, suites and symphonic poems, violin concerto, ballets, opera, oratorio, cantatas, film music, piano works, two string quartets, sonata for violin and piano. In his style Karayev is clearly a pupil of Shostakovich. In his music he tries to make a creative synthesis of a non-western musical idiom with Western form, harmony and artistic-audience values. Folklore and national tradition influenced his music.
