2024-06-07 07:46:03
The legendary ballet dancer, choreographer and choreographer, director, artist, poet, instructor, holder of state prizes and orders, Individuals’s Artist of the USSR Vladimir Vasiliev despatched a congratulatory video message in honor of the ninety fifth anniversary of the excellent choreographer, holder of the Shohrat Order, Individuals’s Artist of Azerbaijan Maksud Mamedov, Day.Az reviews as regards to Development.
Maksud Mamedov was born on Could 30, 1929 in Ganja. Since childhood, I’ve been keen on dance. In 1938, as a part of an beginner group, he took half within the Ten Day of Artwork and Literature of Azerbaijan in Moscow, and carried out earlier than Stalin. Later he entered the Moscow Choreographic College, the place he met his future spouse, ballet dancer and choreographer Rafiga Akhundova (1931-2024). After graduating from the choreographic college, he was enrolled within the Bolshoi Theater troupe, went on tour, however quickly determined to return to Baku. In 1951, Maksud Mamedov turned the main soloist of the Azerbaijan State Opera and Ballet Theater.
Amongst his most important roles are “The Legend of Love”, “Maiden Tower”, “Gulshen”, “Swan Lake”, “Giselle”, “Bakhchisarai Fountain”, “Seven Beauties” and others. In a lot of them he carried out collectively along with his spouse. In July 1962, the premiere of Arif Melikov’s ballet “The Legend of Love” happened in Baku; the director of the play, Yuri Grigorovich, rehearsed with the artists.
For a few years the couple had been collectively on stage and in life, and after ending their dancing careers, they turned choreographers. Collectively along with his spouse Rafiga Akhundova, Maksud Mamedov staged the ballets “Caspian Ballad” by Tofig Bakikhanov, “Shadows of Gobustan” by Faraj Karaev, “Kaleidoscope” to the music of Scarlatti and Karaev, which had been proven in 1969 in Paris on the VII Worldwide Dance Pageant and had been a fantastic success. The choreographic miniatures “Azerbaijan Suite” and “Yalli” by Rauf Hajiyev, “Mugham” by Nazim Aliverdibekov and the ballet “Babek” to the music of Agshin Alizadeh additionally turned a fantastic success. Creating their very own variations of Kara Karaev’s ballets “The Path of Thunder” and “Seven Beauties” was a long-standing dream of Akhundova and Mamedov. Having obtained the composer’s approval, choreographers created masterpieces of ballet artwork within the late 70s. In 1983, the ballet movie “Seven Beauties” was additionally launched, staged by the household couple. Through the years, the couple labored as choreographers and academics in Algeria, Belgium, Egypt, and Sweden.
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