Akif Islamzade

Islamzade was born on 8 August 1948 in Baku to mugham singer Sara Gadimova.^[2] He graduated from Azerbaijan State Economic University in 1979.^[2] In 1972, he started as a vocalist at Rashid Behbudov State Song Theatre. In 1976, he participated as a vocalist in Tofig Ahmadov's state orchestra.^[3] In 1986, he stopped his musical activities due loss of voice.^[3] After that, he retired from recording full-length albums. The problem of his voice got worse, and affected not only his ability to sing, but also to speak.^[4]