Farhad Badalbeyli

Farhad Badalbeyli Fərhad Bədəlbəyli
Background information
Born	1947 (age 77–78) Baku, Azerbaija SSR, Soviet Union
Genres	Classical
Occupation(s)	Pianist, composer
Instrument	Piano

Farhad Shamsi oghlu Badalbeyli[a] (born 1947) is an Azerbaijani pianist and composer. He was awarded the honorary titles, Honored Artist of Azerbaijan SSR (1972), People's Artiste of the Azerbaijan SSR (1978), the People's Artist of the USSR (1990), and laureate of the State Prize of the Azerbaijan SSR (1986).[1]

Biography

Farhad Badalbeyli was born in 1947 in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR; the son of Leyla and Shamsi Badalbeyli.[2] His uncle is Afrasiyab Badalbeyli.

In 1968, he tied with Viktoria Postnikova in winning the 4th Vianna da Motta International Music Competition in Lisbon.[3] From 1965 to 1969, he was educated at the Azerbaijan Conservatory named after U. Hajibeyov. In the period from 1969 to 1971, he studied at the Tchaikovsky Moscow Conservatory.^[citation needed] Since 1991, he has been the rector of the Baku Academy of Music, where he has taught since 1971.

He is a member of the board of the Azerbaijani Community of Nagorno-Karabakh[4][5] and in 1995 was elected a member of the American-Azerbaijani foundation "Friends of Culture of Azerbaijan".[6]

Notes

1. • Azerbaijani: Fərhad Şəmsi oğlu Bədəlbəyli
   • Russian: Фархад Шамси оглы Бадалбейли, romanized: Farkhad Shamsi ogly Badalbeyli

References

1. "Farhad Badalbeyli". Shusha Today. Retrieved 2024-06-28.
2. Quliyev, Cəmil (ed.). Azərbaycan Sovet Ensiklopediyası [Azerbaijani Soviet Encyclopedia]. Vol. VII.
3. "Past Winners of the Vianna da Motta Competition". Vianna da Motta. Archived from the original on 2004-04-10.
4. "Фархад Бадалбейли назвал предполагаемое место встречи общин Карабаха - ОБНОВЛЕНО" [Farhad Badalbeyli named the proposed meeting place of the communities of Karabakh]. Day.Az (in Russian). 2011-12-14. Retrieved 2022-12-20.
5. "Самой большой ошибкой было создание Минской группы ОБСЕ - Фархад Бадалбейли" [The biggest mistake was the creation of the OSCE Minsk Group - Farhad Badalbeyli]. 1news.az (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-12-20.
6. "Фархад Бадалбейли - биография, новости, личная жизнь, фото". stuki-druki.com (in Russian). Retrieved 2024-06-28.

External links

• Farhad Badalbeyli at IMDb
• Farhad Badalbeyli profile, hexagone.net; accessed 12 January 2017.