Akhundova, Shafiqa, 1924-2013

LC control no.	no2010082762
LC classification	ML410.A2765 Biography
Personal name heading	Akhundova, Shafiqa, 1924-2013 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Birth date	1924-01-21
Death date	2013-07-26
Found in	Rainbow, p2010: insert (Shafiqa Akhundova, b. 1924) Băstăkar Shafiga Akhundova, 1997: t.p. (Shafiqa Akhundova) Wikipedia, March 18th, 2023: (Shafiga Akhundova ; Azerbaijani: Şäfiqä Akhundova; 21 January 1924 - 26 July 2013; was a prominent Azerbaijani composer, the first professional female author of an opera in the East and People's Artist of Azerbaijan. Akhundova was born into a family of an eminent cultural figure Gulam Akhundov in Shaki in 1924. Gulam Bagir oglu Akhundov, who was a public servant and intellectual of his time, worked as the first secretary of Shaki between 1917 and 1920, while her mother was a housewife.In 1943-1944, Shafiga got her primary education at Baku Musical School named after Asaf Zeynally, where she was taught by Uzeyir Hajibeyov. Then, in 1956, she continued her education at Azerbaijan State Conservatoire named after Uzeyir Hajibeyov, where she graduated from the class of B. Zeydman. In 1998, Shafiga Akhundova has conferred a title of People's Artist of Azerbaijan and in 2004 she was awarded the Shohrat Order. In 1972, Shafiga Akhundova composed her first opera “Galin gayasi” (Bride's rock). She also has composed such works as “Ev bizim, sirr bizim” operetta (1965), 600 songs such as "Leyla", "Bäxtiyar ellär", "Victory Anthem", "Victory is ours", "Motherland" and romantic pieces "What's Beautiful", "Jahanda by Nizami Ganjavi", music for spectacles for children ("Tälxäyin nağılı", "Dovşanın ad günü") etc. She composed music for more than 30 spectacles, staged in state theatres, dramatic theatres :"Aydın","Älvida Hindistan!","Nä üçün yaşayırsan?").