Ayyub Guliyev (conductor)

Ayyub Ramiz oghlu Guliyev (Azerbaijani: Əyyub Ramiz oğlu Quliyev,[1])

Ayyub Guliyev
Born (1984-07-26) July 26, 1984 (age 40)
Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR
Genressymphonic music
Occupationconductor
Years active2000–present
Citizenship Soviet Union
 Azerbaijan
EducationHajibeyov Azerbaijan State Conservatoire
Leningrad State Conservatory
University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna

He was born in 26 July 1984, Azerbaijani conductor. Chief conductor and musical director of the State Opera and Ballet Theater of Azerbaijan, chief guest conductor of the Kunming Philharmonic Orchestra (China), Honored Artist of Azerbaijan (2017), laureate of the President's Prize, laureate of international competitions.

Biography

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In 2006, he took first place and received the Orchestra Prize at the IV (International Competition of Conductors) Lutoslawski in Poland,[2] diploma at the Matacic competition in Zagreb (2007), special prize of the Orchestra Preference Award at the Mitropoulos competition in Athens (2008),[3] First prize at the Conducting Competition in Craiova (Romania),[4] Grand Prix and "Prize of Giuseppe Sinopoli" at the IX International Competition named after A. Toscanini in Parma (Italy)[5] and II prize at the "Debut in Laeszhalle" competition in Hamburg.[6] In 2011, as the winner of the competition, he directed the Toscanini Philharmonic Orchestra during the band's tours in Italy and Spain. In 2009 he was awarded the Audience Preference Award at the Musical Olympus international festival in St. Petersburg. For his merits in the development of the country's musical culture: the President of Azerbaijan awarded him the title of "Honored Artist of Azerbaijan" in 2017, the President's Prize (lasting since 2013).[7] Guliyev is also active in teaching, he is an assistant professor at the Baku Music Academy named after Uzeyir Hajibeyov.[7]

Education

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Concert activities

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In May 2006 he made his debut as an opera conductor at the St. Petersburg Academic Opera and Ballet Theater (The Marriage of Figaro by V. Mozart). In the same year, he became a laureate of the "Achievement of the Year" award of the International Cultural Center, and in 2009 he was awarded the State "Top" award of the Ministry of Culture of Azerbaijan.

In 2011 he was invited to the Azerbaijan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater as a conductor of the highest qualification. In 2013–2017, he was principal guest conductor of the V. Safonov North Caucasus Philharmonic. In November 2018, he was appointed musical director and chief conductor of the State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater of Azerbaijan.

Collaborated with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of Great Britain,[10] Radio France Philharmonic, "Hamburg Klassik", National Orchestra of France "Lamoreux", Orchestra "Helios", Wiener KammerOrchester, Wiener Consilium, Toscanini Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra of the Juliard Conservatory of New York, Philharmonic Orchestra "Colors" (Greece), Sopot and Kielce (Poland), Bilkenstky Orchestra (Turkey), Presidential Symphony Orchestra of Turkey, Orchestra of Bursa (Turkey), National Orchestra of Lithuania, State Orchestra of the Republic of Belarus,[11] Philharmonic Orchestra of Moldova, State Orchestra of Kyrgyzstan, Philharmonic Orchestra of Kazakhstan, Orchestra "Craiova" Romania, the Bohdan Varhal Chamber Orchestra of the Slovak Philharmonic, the Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra, the Kiev and Donetsk Opera Theater Orchestra. Has taken part in opera and ballet performances at the Mikhailovsky Theater in St. Petersburg, the National Opera Theater of Serbia, the Opera Theater named after E. Teodorini (Romania), Wrocław Opera in Poland.[12]

He directed the premiere of the ballet Love and Death by P. Bul-Bulloglu at the Bolshoi Theater of the Republic of Belarus (2017) and the classical version of the ballet Giselle at the Wroclaw Theater in Poland (2018). In February 2010, he made his US debut at the Six Rising Stars concert at Carnegie Hall,[13] in 2014 at the Konzerthaus, Vienna (Austria),[14] at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris (2015) and Laeiszhalle in Hamburg (2018).[15]

On January 18, 22, 23, 2022 the performances of Arabian Nights ballet took place at the Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg conducted by Guliyev. These performances were dedicated to the 100th birth anniversary of the ballet author, Azerbaijani composer Fikret Amirov.[16]

References

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  1. ^ "Əyyub Quliyev" (in Azerbaijani). Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.
  2. ^ "Ayyub Guliyev". prim.mariinsky.ru. Mariinsky Theatre. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  3. ^ "Фаворитом "Музыкального Олимпа" стал Эйюб Кулиев". www.fontanka.ru (in Russian). 3 June 2009. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  4. ^ "Ayyub Guliyev". tact4art.com. TACT International Art Management. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  5. ^ Gasimova, Ulkar. "Eyyub Guliyev wins in international competition of conductors in Romania". Apa.az. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  6. ^ "Prizewinners of the First International Concert Competition "Debut at the Laeiszhalle Hamburg 2017". debut-hamburg.com. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  7. ^ a b c "Bakı Musiqi Akademiyası - Quliyev Əyyub Ramiz oğlu". www.musicacademy.edu.az (in Azerbaijani). Bakı Musiqi Akademiyası. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  8. ^ "Эйюб Кулиев". meloman.ru (in Russian). Московская государственная академическая филармония. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  9. ^ a b c La Polla, Susanna (17 April 2011). "Ayyub Guliyev". La Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  10. ^ "Niyazi's works to be performed by London Royal Philharmonic Orchestra". Apa.az. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  11. ^ "Fidan Hacıyeva in the opera Carmen". The National Academic Bolshoi Opera and Ballet Theatre of the Republic of Belarus. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  12. ^ "Musical Olympus". www.musicalolympus.ru. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  13. ^ "Musical Olympus Festival Gala Concert". Maestro Artist. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  14. ^ "Anniversary of the birth of Uzeyir Hajibeyov « Honorárny Konzulát Azerbajdžanskej Republiky". Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  15. ^ "National conductor joins opera festival in Bavaria". kataloq.gomap.az. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  16. ^ "Ayyub Guliev conducts St.Petersburg premiere of One Thousand and One Nights ballet". tact4art.com. Retrieved 6 February 2022.