Atayev Fakhraddin

Atayev Fakhraddin (son of Gahraman) was born on January 31, 1972 in Baku. After graduating from high school, in 1993-1999, he received bachelor's and master's degrees from the Baku Music Academy, majoring in "conductor of wind instrument orchestra".

F. Atayev started his career in 1988 as a musician at the culture house of the Azerbaijan Deaf Society. He was called to active military service in 1990-1992 and finished his service as the chief musician of the military orchestra. In 1993-1998, he worked as concertmaster and then conductor of the horn group in the Azerbaijan State Wind Orchestra. In 1999-2004, he worked as the conductor of the State Dance Ensemble of the Azerbaijan State Philharmonic named after M. Magomayev. In 2000-2005, he worked as a substitute conductor of the symphony orchestra of the Azerbaijan State Opera and Ballet Theater. In 2004-2017, he worked as the head teacher of the Azerbaijan National Conservatory. From 2008 to 2017, he worked as a conductor of the symphony orchestra named after Niyazi of Azerbaijan State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company. Since 2009, he has been working as a choirmaster of the State Song and Dance ensemble of the F. Amirov Honored collective of the Academic State Philharmonic named after M. Magomayev.

He also took part in a number of competitions as a composer, participated in various concerts and events of state importance.

F. Atayev has been working as a conductor of the symphony orchestra at the Azerbaijan State Music Theater since 2009, and as a chief conductor since 2017. During his career in the theater, he was the stage conductor of a number of plays.

F. Amirov "The 999th Night", (A. Amirli "Nuri-dida Jeyhun"), S. Beckett "Waiting for Godot", (G. Garayev), (I. Efendiyev) "My Sin", (E. Sabitoglu, V. Komarovsky) "Once upon a time in Baghdad", (F. Allahverdi, Elchin) arranged the music of "Baladadash's wedding bath", (E. Sabitoglu, E. Schwartz) "Red Hat". Gogol's play "Marriage" presented by the Musical Comedy Theater was awarded the "Zirva" award by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism according to the results of 2011-2012.

On September 22, 2016, he was awarded the honorary title of "Honored Art Worker" for his services in the development of the national musical culture of Azerbaijan.