- Seyid Shushinski
Infobox musical artist
Name = Seyid Shushinski
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Img_capt = Seyid Shushinski
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Background = solo_singer
Born = birth date|1889|4|12|df=y
Horadiz , present-dayAzerbaijan
Died = death date and age|1965|11|1|1889|4|12|df=y
Baku ,Azerbaijan
Genre = Folk
Years_active = 1904 – 1963Seyid Shushinski (Azeri: "Seyid Şuşinski"), born Mir Mohsun Seyid Ibrahim oglu Shushinski (
12 April 1889 ,Horadiz –1 November 1965 ,Baku ), was anAzerbaijan i folk singer (khananda ).Early career
He was born in the small town of Horadiz, near present-day
Fizuli , Azerbaijan. He lost his father at a young age, and was looked after by his aunt Meshadi Khurzad who was a folk singer. Shushinski received primary education at a religious school in his hometown. Due to his musical talent, he joined his first musical ensemble at the age of 15. He made his first public performance in 1908 inShusha , which proved to be a great success and brought the 19-year old singer big fame in the city. At his uncle's insistence, Shushinski completed another 2 years of musical education atMir Mohsun Navvab 's school and was recognized as a professional khananda. His performance was admired outside the Azeri community. In 1911 he was invited by the Armenian club "Obschestvennoe sobranie" to give a concert inTiflis (nowadays Tbilisi, Georgia), first one in a series of remarkable concerts given by Shushinski in this city in the next 8 years. The money made off these concerts were donated to various Azeri publishing houses and spent on training young singers in vocal arts. In 1913 a vinyl record was released inKiev containing among others several folk pieces by Seyid Shushinski. In 1919 he moved to Baku.ru icon [http://www.axtar.az/ru/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=317&Itemid=183 Seyid Shushinski] . "Axtar.az"]Career in the Soviet period
After
Sovietization Shushinski was a soloist of a drama theatre in Baku, and in 1926–1933 he taught at theAzerbaijan State Conservatoire . In 1933 along withJahan Talyshinskaya , he founded the Oriental Music Ensemble which touredRussia ,Ukraine , andKazakhstan . In 1933–1938 he worked as the artistic director of the Fizuli State Drama Theatre, still continuing to give concerts in Baku. In 1939–1960 Shushinski was a soloist with theAzerbaijan State Philharmonic Society . In his last years he was a mugham opera consultant at theAzerbaijan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre .References
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