Gandab Guliyeva

Gandab Guliyeva was born in 1949 on 10th of August in Fizuli region of Azerbaijan. Khanende was awarded to the rank of the Peoples artist of Azerbaijan in 1992. She was attending classes in the Azerbaijan State Music School in 1976-1980 years and in 1991-1996 in the Azerbaijan State University of Art and Culture.  Her first mugam teacher was Nariman Aliyev. She also got classes from Vahid Abdullayev at the same time and improved her knowledge.

She has been the soloist of the Azerbaijan State Opera and Ballet Theater since 1981. Gandab Guliyeva played a lot of roles on the scene of this theater such as “Leyli”, “Asli” (in “Leyli and Majnun”, “Asli and Kerem” by Uzeyir Hajibeyov), “Arab Zangi” (in “Shah Ismayil” by Muslim Magomayev), “Shahsenem” (in “Ashyg Garib” by Uzeyir Hajibeyov), “Gulbahar” (in “Gelin Gayasy” by Sh.Akhundova), “Khanende gyz” (in “Vagif” opera by R. Mustafayev).

Gandab Guliyeva has been on tours and represented Azerbaijan mugam art in such countries as Germany, Canada, Japan, France, Switzerland, Turkey, Iran, Iraq. Her repertoire consists of mugam dastgahs and tasnifs. Mugam dastgahs as “Kharij Segah”, “Shahnaz”, “Mahur Hindi”, “Bayaty Shiraz”, “Shur” in her performance are saved in the Azerbaijan Radio and Television Foundation. “Chahargah” mugam in her performance was entered into the “Mugam Antalogiyasy (anthology)” CD disk in France. She is also teacher in the Azerbaijan State University of Art and Culture and gives classes of mugam.