Firudin Safarov

Firudin Safarov was born in Baku on 1 August 1933. He studied percussion at the Hajibeyov Azerbaijan State Conservatoire, then graduated from the faculty of musical theater directing at the N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov Saint Petersburg State Conservatory.^[1]

After working as a musician in the Hajibeyov Azerbaijan State Symphony Orchestra, led by the famous conductor Niyazi, he continued his career as a production director at the Azerbaijan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater.^[1]

In 1977, Firudin Safarov was invited to the Alisher Navoi State Academic Big Theatre and worked there from that year. He was a professor of the opera training faculty of the Tashkent State Conservatory.^[1]

Safarov died on 26 July 2024, at the age of 90.^[2]

• People's Artist of the Uzbek SSR (1986)
• People's Artiste of Azerbaijan (10 September 1992)^[3]
• State Hamza Prize (1981)^[4]
• Taraggi Medal (13 March 2006)^[5]