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Arif Malikov

1933 - 2019

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Arif Malikov (also Melikov; Baku, 13 September 1933 – Baku, 9 May 2019) was an Azerbaijani composer. He graduated from the Baku Conservatory as a music composer in 1958. He shot to fame in 1961 when his first major composition "Legend of Love" was staged at the Kirov State Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet in Leningrad (present day St Petersburg) and received nationwide acclaim. The ballet has been staged in several countries in Europe and is regarded as one of the finest works emerging from the former Soviet Union. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Arif Malikov is the 1,136th most popular composer (down from 1,074th in 2019), the 100th most popular biography from Azerbaijan (down from 99th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Azerbaijani Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Arif Malikov ranks 1,136 out of 1,451. Before him are Otto Jahn, Oskar Sala, Julius Benedict, Bruno Coulais, Fumio Hayasaka, and Jean Gilbert. After him are Vasyl Barvinsky, Yevhen Stankovych, Ahmet Adnan Saygun, Manolis Kalomiris, Percy Grainger, and Nikolaos Mantzaros.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Arif Malikov ranks 349. Before him are Radivoje Ognjanović, Ford Konno, Jerry Buss, Per Wästberg, Bobby Helms, and Marlene Ahrens. After him are Valentina Rastvorova, Alex Cord, Maurinho, Miriam Stevenson, Nate Brooks, and Reiner Kunze. Among people deceased in 2019, Arif Malikov ranks 317. Before him are Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio, Albert Razin, Erik Olin Wright, Ndaye Mulamba, Li Rui, and Tevfik Kış. After him are Marlen Khutsiev, Warren Cole, Babiker Awadalla, Zlatko Škorić, Anémone, and Harold Brown.

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In Azerbaijan

Among people born in Azerbaijan, Arif Malikov ranks 100 out of 232. Before him are John M. Stahl (1886), Molla Vali Vidadi (1709), Mikayil Mushfig (1908), Tatiana Zatulovskaya (1935), Avet Terterian (1929), and Alim Qasimov (1957). After him are Veronika Dudarova (1916), Vladimir Bagirov (1936), Zuleykha Seyidmammadova (1919), Nikolai Baibakov (1911), Larisa Dolina (1955), and Akram Aylisli (1937).

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Among COMPOSERS In Azerbaijan

Among composers born in Azerbaijan, Arif Malikov ranks 5. Before him are Uzeyir Hajibeyov (1885), Fikret Amirov (1922), Gara Garayev (1918), and Avet Terterian (1929). After him are Tofig Guliyev (1917), Franghiz Ali-Zadeh (1947), Elza Ibrahimova (1938), and Rauf Hajiyev (1922).

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