Salman Gambarov
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) is an Azerbaijani
jazz
musician, pianist
and composer
.
department of Azerbaijan State Conservatory. Afterward, in 1983-1985, he was in the military service. Gambarov obtained his second diploma in 1990 from Azerbaijan State Conservatory and became a qualified composer. From 1990 to 1994, he worked as a pianist at Azerbaijan State Theater of Music. He is the head of the Estrada music department at Baku Music College. At the same time, he is a teacher in Baku Music Academy since 1998.
Baku
Baku , sometimes spelled as Baki or Bakou, is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. It is located on the southern shore of the Absheron Peninsula, which projects into the Caspian Sea. The city consists of two principal...
) is an Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani people
The Azerbaijanis are a Turkic-speaking people living mainly in northwestern Iran and the Republic of Azerbaijan, as well as in the neighbourhood states, Georgia, Russia and formerly Armenia. Commonly referred to as Azeris or Azerbaijani Turks , they also live in a wider area from the Caucasus to...
jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
musician, pianist
Pianist
A pianist is a musician who plays the piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers, solo instrumentalists, or other performers.-Choice of genres:...
and composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
.
Early years
Salman Gambarov was born in Baku in 1959. In 1977, he has been graduated from the 11-year secondary music school named after Bulbul. In 1983, he completed his study at the MusicologyMusicology
Musicology is the scholarly study of music. The word is used in narrow, broad and intermediate senses. In the narrow sense, musicology is confined to the music history of Western culture...
department of Azerbaijan State Conservatory. Afterward, in 1983-1985, he was in the military service. Gambarov obtained his second diploma in 1990 from Azerbaijan State Conservatory and became a qualified composer. From 1990 to 1994, he worked as a pianist at Azerbaijan State Theater of Music. He is the head of the Estrada music department at Baku Music College. At the same time, he is a teacher in Baku Music Academy since 1998.
Performance
Salman Gambarov organized Bakustik Jazz band in 1996. Gambarov is the only permanent member of the band. The band has participated in many international jazz festivals since 1996. Below some festivals are given:- 1998 - GIFT Festival - (TbilisiTbilisiTbilisi is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Mt'k'vari River. The name is derived from an early Georgian form T'pilisi and it was officially known as Tiflis until 1936...
, Georgia) - 1999 - Oriental Jazz Fest - (Germany)
- 1999 - Transsib Inter Jazz - (NovosibirskNovosibirskNovosibirsk is the third-largest city in Russia, after Moscow and Saint Petersburg, and the largest city of Siberia, with a population of 1,473,737 . It is the administrative center of Novosibirsk Oblast as well as of the Siberian Federal District...
, Russia) - 2001 - Art of Improvisation - (OdessaOdessaOdessa or Odesa is the administrative center of the Odessa Oblast located in southern Ukraine. The city is a major seaport located on the northwest shore of the Black Sea and the fourth largest city in Ukraine with a population of 1,029,000 .The predecessor of Odessa, a small Tatar settlement,...
, Ukraine) - 2001 - Transcaucasia: Reconstruction of broken contacts - (Ulan Bator, Mongolia)
- 2001 - New music from the last century - Festival of Modern Music - (BakuBakuBaku , sometimes spelled as Baki or Bakou, is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. It is located on the southern shore of the Absheron Peninsula, which projects into the Caspian Sea. The city consists of two principal...
, Azerbaijan) - 2002 - Caspian Jazz and Blues Festival - (BakuBakuBaku , sometimes spelled as Baki or Bakou, is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. It is located on the southern shore of the Absheron Peninsula, which projects into the Caspian Sea. The city consists of two principal...
, Azerbaijan)
- 2003 - 21. Zelt-Musik-Festival - (FreiburgFreiburgFreiburg im Breisgau is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. In the extreme south-west of the country, it straddles the Dreisam river, at the foot of the Schlossberg. Historically, the city has acted as the hub of the Breisgau region on the western edge of the Black Forest in the Upper Rhine Plain...
, Germany) - 2006 - Astana Blues - II International Festival of Jazz Music - (AstanaAstanaAstana , formerly known as Akmola , Tselinograd and Akmolinsk , is the capital and second largest city of Kazakhstan, with an officially estimated population of 708,794 as of 1 August 2010...
, Kazakhstan) - 2007 - Montreux Jazz FestivalMontreux Jazz FestivalThe Montreux Jazz Festival is the best-known music festival in Switzerland and one of the most prestigious in Europe; it is held annually in early July in Montreux on the shores of Lake Geneva...
- (Switzerland) - 2008 - Kaunas Jazz Festival - (Lithuania)
- 2008 - Beethovenfest - (BonnBonnBonn is the 19th largest city in Germany. Located in the Cologne/Bonn Region, about 25 kilometres south of Cologne on the river Rhine in the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, it was the capital of West Germany from 1949 to 1990 and the official seat of government of united Germany from 1990 to 1999....
, Germany) - 2009 - Morgenland Festival OsnabrückOsnabrückOsnabrück is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany, some 80 km NNE of Dortmund, 45 km NE of Münster, and some 100 km due west of Hanover. It lies in a valley penned between the Wiehen Hills and the northern tip of the Teutoburg Forest...
- (Germany) - 2009 - Montreux Jazz FestivalMontreux Jazz FestivalThe Montreux Jazz Festival is the best-known music festival in Switzerland and one of the most prestigious in Europe; it is held annually in early July in Montreux on the shores of Lake Geneva...
- (Switzerland)
Discography
- East or West? (2005)
- StandArts Dialoque associated with Werner Englert (2005)