Fərəc Qarayev

Fərəc Qarayev

Fərəc Qara oğlu Qarayev ( Russian Фарадж Караевич Караев / Faradsch Karajewitsch Karajew ; born December 19, 1943 in Baku ) is an Azerbaijani composer.

Qarayev studied composition at the State Conservatory in Baku with his father, the well-known composer Qara Qarayev . After completing his studies there, he taught composition, orchestration and counterpoint from 1966 to 2003. He has also been a professor at the Moscow Conservatory since 1999 . Since 2003 he has been teaching as a professor at the Kazan State Conservatory ( Tatarstan , Russia ).

Works

• Sonata No. 2 for piano, 1967
• Concerto grosso in memory of Anton Webern , 1967
• The Shadows of Kobustan , ballet, 1969
• Kaleidoscope , ballet, 1971
• Concerto for piano and chamber orchestra , 1974
• Sonata for two players , 1976
• Journey to love , monoopera for soprano and chamber orchestra, 1978
• Tristessa II , Symphony for Symphony and Chamber Orchestra, 1980
• Tristessa I , Symphony for Chamber Orchestra, 1982
• I say goodbye to Mozart on Charles Bridge in Prague , serenade for large symphony orchestra, 1983 * 1791 , serenade for chamber orchestra, 1983
• Waiting for Godot , scenic music for four soloists based on Samuel Beckett
• I? memoriam ... , suite for string quartet in memory of Alban Berg , 1984
• Terminus for solo cello, 1987
• Chamber concert for five instrumentalists, 1988
• Sounds of a Sad Night for Ensemble, 1989
• ...? 11? Nostalgia , in memoriam Andrej Tarkowski , chamber concert for 8 instruments
• From ... , three fragments for basset horn / bass clarinet and vibraphone / marimba
• The State of Affairs for ensemble and tape, 1991
• Postludio III for two pianos eight hands, 1992.
• Music for the city of Forst for two pianos, 1992
• Is it enough? for ensemble and tape, 1993
• Hutba, mugham and sura for ensemble and tape, 1997
• 5 pieces with canons by Arnold Schönberg for ensemble, 1998
• (Not) a small play for two guitars and bass flute, 1998
• Beauty - utopia? for guitar solo, 1999
• Are you still alive, Minister ?! , 2000
• Sound and clarification for symphony orchestra, 2000
• Transfiguration and Death for orchestra and tape, 2001
• Malheur me asked for vocals and guitar
• Canción de cuna for soprano and ensemble based on poems by Federico García Lorca , 2001
• Relay for percussion ensemble, 2003
• Three bagatelles for piano and five instruments, 2003
• Concerto for orchestra and solo violin , 2004

literature

• Vladimir Barsky: Faraj Karayev: enough or not enough . In: Valeria Tsenova (Ed.): Underground Music from the Former USSR . Harwood Academic Publishers, Amsterdam 1997, ISBN 3-7186-5821-6 , pp. 160 f .

Web links

• Fərəc Qarayev at Discogs (English)
• Farac Qarayev's website (English and Russian)