Biography
Sekhavet Mammadov (Azerbaijani: Səxavət Əmirxan oğlu Məmmədov; born 10 October 1953, Abdal-Gulably, Ağdam, died 30 September 1991, Baku) was an Azerbaijani mugam singer. His gentle singing style of tasnifs and folk songs made him a favorite among the people. He was the older brother of Fehruz Sekhavet (Fehruz Səxavət).
He was one of worthy continuers of the school of Karabakh Mugam performance. He came to the art in his early years, beginning his professional career in 1970. Mammadov received his education first in Governmental Music School of Azerbaijan in mugam class, and then in Azerbaijan State University of Art and Culture. He learned the subtleties of mugam art from the great master of mugam Hajibaba Huseynov.
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Besides immortalizing traditions of Karabakh khanendes in his performance style, his performances also had a unique quality, especially in such dastgahs of mugam as “Rast”, “Shahnaz”, “Mirza Husein segahy” and also in zarbi mugam tafsirs as “Hejraty”, “Semai-Shams”.
Such songs as “Sary Bulbul”, “Azad bir gushdum” performed by him were widespread among the people. His tours in France, Germany, Israel, Austria, Nicaragua and India passed with big success. Khanende’s disks made on a basis of mugam and tasnifs have been released in Azerbaijan, Ukraine and Germany.
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