[4] In 1940, she graduated from ten-year high school and with the assistance of prominent composer Uzeyir Hajibeyov entered the Moscow Conservatory.
[5] With the beginning of the World War II, in 1941 Aida Abdullayeva returned to Baku and was employed in the orchestra of the Opera and Ballet Theater.
[2] The same year the rector of the Conservatory offered her to start teaching harp class.
[6] Abdullayeva transcribed many plays by Fikret Amirov, preserving the composer’s style and the national nature of Azerbaijani music.
[2] In April 2012, Baku Jazz Center hosted an event dedicated to the 90th birthday of Abdullayeva.