Arif Malikov

Arif Malikov with Ilham Aliyev in 2013.

Arif Malikov (also Melikov; 13 September 1933 – 9 May 2019) was an Azerbaijani composer. His first major composition "Legend of Love" was staged at the Kirov State Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet in Leningrad. The ballet was staged in many countries in Europe.

The ballet "Legend of Love", is based upon the legend of "Farhad and Shirin". Malikov went on to write music for two more ballets, including "Yer üzündə iki nəfər (balet)" Yer üzündə iki nəfər (balet) ("Dvoe" or "Two") (1967) and "Poem of Two Hearts" (1981).

Malikov died on 9 May 2019, at the age of 85.

Arif Malikov Media

• People's Artiste of the Azerbaijan SSR

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  Honored Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR

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  State Award of the Azerbaijan SSR

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• AZ Haydar Aliyev Order ribbon.svg

  Haydar Aliyev Order ribbon bar

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  Istiglal Order ribbon (1995–2008)

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  Shohrat Order ribbon (since 2009)

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  "Polis veteranı" medalı lenta

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Other websites

• "Arif Malikov, Composer: Symphonic Music Built Upon Legend and Imagination," by Arif Malikov with Aida Huseinova, in Azerbaijan International, Vol. 13:1 (Spring 2005), pp. 32–35.