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Fikrat Amirov with his wife Aida, daughter Sevil and son Jamil in 1959.
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Azerbaijanis have their share of brilliant, talented individuals that we think can be compared to some of the best in the world. Here are a few who excel in art, music and science that we've met in the course of producing this magazine.
Alakbarova, Shovkat - Beloved Singer of Azerbaijan's Folk Songs and Love SongsAmirov, Fikrat - Composer. "Folk Melodies and Symphonic Masterpieces"
Aziza Mustafa Zadeh - Jazz pianist and vocalistBabayev, Rasim - Artist
Behkalam, Akbar - Artist. "Behkalam and Berlin's Flying Cow"
Davidovich, Bella - PianistGarayev, Gara - Composer
Gasimova, Khuraman and Fidan (Kasimova in Russian) - Sisters who are both opera singers
Hajibeyov, Uzeyir - Composer. "Celebrating the 110 Anniversary (1995) of Composer Uzeyir Hajibeyov "Leyli and Majnun" opera; "Hajibeyov: His Real Genius"
Heyerdahl, Thor - Norwegian anthropologist and social scientist. "The Azerbaijan Connection: Challenging Euro-Centric Theories of Migration"; Scandinavian AncestryIbrahimbeyov, Rustam - Screenwriter. 1995 Film Oscar for Best Foreign Film; and Cinema and Censorship: A Glimpse of the Former Soviet Union; Rustam Ibrahimbeyov - Then and Now
Javan, Ali - Physicist, Inventor of Gaseous Laser
Kasparov, Garry - World Chess champion who grew up in BakuKhanmammadov, Haji - Composer for Tar
Kwan, Michelle - American world champion figure skater performs to the music of Azerbaijani composer
Malikov, Arif - Composer
Mirjavadov, Javad - ArtistNajafov, Fazil - Sculptor
Niyazi - Conductor
Rostropovich, Mstislav - Cellist
Vurgun, Samad - Poet
Zadeh, Lotfi - Computer systems theorist; Lotfi Zadeh, Creator of Fuzzy Logic
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