Английская Википедия:Gara Garayev Monument

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Gara Garayev Monument (Шаблон:Lang-az) – is a monument in Baku to the composer Gara Garayev (1918–1982).

Description

The height of the monument is 3.5 meters. It is made of granite.

The monument is located behind the Nizami cinema, next to the Baku Music Academy and the residential building where the composer lived.[1]

The monument's authors are the Peoples Artist of Azerbaijan, the sculptor Fazil Najafov and the Honoured Architect of Azerbaijan Rahim Seifullayev.

Before starting the work, Najafov studied the life and the work of Gara Garayev, according to the sculptor: “Garayev's music has filled my soul”. He understood that the statue should be complex, ambiguously perceived, carry something new, depicting non-conventional features...

Initially, they thought to create the sculpture quickly, the authors planned that the statue would be a seated or standing figure, but several versions were made, the work took three years.

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Unveiling

The unveiling ceremony of the monument to the composer Gara Garayev took place on 3 February 2014 with the participation of the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, the First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva, and the son of the composer Faraj Garayev.[2]

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