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Rauf Islamov (* 1978 ) is an Azerbaijani Kamantche player.

Islamov studied from 1994 to 1998 at the Asaf Zeynalli Music College and from 2001 to 2005 at the National Conservatory of Azerbaijan with Fakhraddin Dadashov and Adalat Vazirov . In 1998 he was laureate of the Azerbaijani Mugham competition. Since this year he has also been a member of Alim Qasimov's trio . In 1999 he received the music award of the International Music Council of UNESCO. He took part in concert tours of the Silk Road Ensemble of Yo-Yo Ma and worked on the album Silk Road Journeys: Beyond the Horizon . Since 2006 he has been leading the Kamasheh class at the Azerbaijani National Conservatory.

Discography

  • Love's Deep Ocean , 2000
  • Silk Road Journeys: Beyond the Ocean , 2004
  • Central Asian Series Vol. 6: Spiritual Music of Azerbaijan , 2007
  • Music of Central Asia Vol 8: Rainbow , 2010

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