Jahangir Jahangirov

[1] Jahangir Jahangirov was born on 20 July 1921 in Balakhany township of Baku, Azerbaijan Democratic Republic.

After that he was the artistic director of the Song and Dance Ensemble at Azerbaijan State Philharmonic Hall.

In 1950, Jahangir Jahangirov was awarded the USSR State Prize, and in 1963, he received the status of People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR.

[2] In 1946, Mir Mehdi Etimad wrote the words of the hymn of the Azerbaijan People's Government, Jahangir Jahangirov composed a song to it.

On the other side of Araz (1949) vocal-symphonic poem, A Song about Friendship (1956), Fuzuli (1959), Nasimi (1973) suites, Sabir (1962), Huseyn Javid-59 (1984), Great Victory (1985) (dedicated to the 40th anniversary of the victory in Great Patriotic War) oratorios, Azad (1957), Khananda’s Fortune (1978) operas are among them.