Habil Aliyev (; 28 May 1927 – 8 September 2015) was a prominent Azerbaijani kamancheh player. His music is widely appreciated in the Middle East and Europe.

Musical career

Habil Aliyev's first international performance was in United Kingdom when he was accompanying Rashid Behbudov and Tamara Sinyavskaya. This performances created great resonance and British press quoting Major of Glasgow called Aliyev "Paganini of Azerbaijan". He inspired Israeli musician Mark Eliyahu to play kamancheh.

In 2009, suffering from poor health, he made a symbolic "last concert" at Tehran Roudaki-Wahdat concert hall.

He died in 2015 at the age of 88.

Influence and legacy

In 2014, child music school in Agdash named after him.

Enregistrements

Cinq échantillons musicaux de mugham interprétés par les coryphées de la performance azerbaïdjanaise du mugham (Bahram Mansourov, Ahsan Dadachev, Habil Aliyev, Khan Chouchinsky) sont inclus dans la collection de disques « Anthologies de la musique traditionnelle du monde » préparée à l'ordre de l'UNESCO par l'Institut international de recherche comparée de Berlin en 1979. H. Aliyev a donné une nouvelle vie aux mughams Segah, Bayati-Gadjar, Bastanigar, Bayati-Shiraz, Rahab, Bayati-Kurd, Tchahargah, Rast, Zabul par son interprétation au kamânche.

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