Murad Kazhlayev

Murad Kajlayev was born on 15 January 1931 in Baku to a Lak family. He graduated from Baku State Conservatoire from the composition class of . He was expelled from there for his ardour for practicing non-academic musical genres but soon he was reclaimed. He worked as a teacher at a musical school named after Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, in Makhachkala, as a chief conductor of the Dagestan Radio Symphonic Orchestra (1957–1958), artistic director of the Dagestan Philharmonic Hall (1963–1964) and secretary of administration of the Union of Soviet Composers (from 1968). == Awards ==

• Hero of Labour of the Russian Federation (2021) • Honoured Artist of the RSFSR (1960) • People's Artist of the USSR (1981) • Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1971) • Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" of the III and IV degrees (2008, 1995) • Order of Friendship (2014) • The honorary diploma of the President of Azerbaijan for his services to the development of cultural ties between Azerbaijan and Russia (2021) • Glinka State Prize of the RSFSR (1970) == Family ==

His father was Magomed Davudovich (1894-1963; otolaryngologist, Doctor of Medical Sciences), his mother was Yelena Mikhailovna (1908-1983; phoniatrician). He was married to Valida Islamovna Kajlayeva. His son is Hadjimurat Kajlayev (born 1962). ==Notes==