Arif Babayev (singer)
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Born
20 February 1938
Arif İmran oğlu Babayev
20 February 1938
Sarıhacılı, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR
Died1 August 2025 (aged 87)
Baku, Azerbaijan
OccupationSinger
Arif Babayev | |
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 Babayev in 2019 | |
| Born | Arif İmran oğlu Babayev 20 February 1938 Sarıhacılı, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR |
| Died | 1 August 2025 (aged 87) Baku, Azerbaijan |
| Education | Azerbaijan State University of Culture and Arts |
| Occupation | Singer |
Arif İmran oğlu Babayev (20 February 1938 – 1 August 2025) was an Azerbaijani mugham singer.[1]
Born in Sarıhacılı on 20 February 1938, Babayev graduated from the Azerbaijan State University of Culture and Arts in 1962. From 1963 to 1966, he worked for the Azerbaijan State Academic Philharmonic Hall. In 1966, he collaborated with the Azerbaijan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater. In 1984, he was hired by the Hajibeyli Azerbaijan State Conservatoire as a singing teacher.[2] He also wrote multiple mugham songs, based on the genre traditions of artists such as Seyid Shushinski, Khan Shushinski, and Zulfu Adigozalov.[3]
Arif Babayev died in Baku on 1 August 2025, at the age of 87.[4]
