Grave of the prominent Azerbaijani kamancheh player Habil Aliyev (1927-2015) at the Alley of Honor Cemetery in Baku, Azerbaijan
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. 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
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Location: Alley of Honor, Baku, Azerbaijan, Asia
Photo credit: © DE ROCKER / Alamy / Afripics
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