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Music · Azerbaijan

Music of the Turkic world: famous works, national instruments, genres from mugham to küy, composers and performers.

Famous works

Musical workLeyli and Majnun (opera)Uzeyir Hajibeyli's opera staged in Baku in 1908 — the first opera of the Muslim East.
Musical workKoroghlu (opera)Uzeyir Hajibeyli's 1937 opera about the folk hero Koroghlu — one of the summits of Azerbaijani classical music.
Musical workArshin Mal AlanUzeyir Hajibeyli's 1913 musical comedy, staged in dozens of countries; its 1945 film became a classic.
Musical workThe Seven Beauties (ballet)Gara Garayev's ballet after Nizami Ganjavi's poem Haft Paykar, the most famous Azerbaijani ballet since 1952.
Musical workNational Anthem of AzerbaijanThe "March of Azerbaijan": music by Uzeyir Hajibeyli, words by Ahmad Javad. Written in 1919, it has been the state anthem since 1992.
Musical workSari GelinOne of Azerbaijan's best-loved folk songs — a plaintive song of two young people whose love cannot be fulfilled.
Musical workRunning Scared — Eurovision winner (2011)The song by Eldar Gasimov and Nigar Jamal that won Eurovision for Azerbaijan in 2011, bringing the contest to Baku the following year.