Habil Aliyev


Habil Aliyev was a prominent Azerbaijani kamancheh player. His music is widely appreciated in the Middle East and Europe.

Musical career

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.

Influence and legacy

In 2014, child music school in Agdash named after him. He died in 2015 at the age of 88.