Symphonic Music

Symphonic music is music to be played by the symphonic orchestra.

Symphonic music includes multipart monumental compositions with deep, complex ideas and emotional content, as well as the small form of popular music, symphony, symphonic poem, overture, suite, concerts, cantatas, overtures, fantasia, etc. The service of Uzeyir Hajibeyov in development of symphonic music in Azerbaijan is great. He is the founder of the school of symphonic music. Prominent representatives of the Azerbaijani  symphonic music like G. Garayev, J. Hajiyev, F. Amirov, Niyazi, S. Hajibeyov, A. Melikov, A. Rzayev and others graduates are from  school students.

It is a genre of mugham. It was established in 1948 by composer Fikret Amirov. Based on the nature of the material and the composition of music written by F. Amirov mugams like Shur and Kurd-Ovsharı laid the foundation of the Azerbaijani symphonic works of this genre.

The main feature of the genre is that gradual growing development principle specific to mugham dastgah, its composition structure, the dramaturgic movement line was preserved and at the same time symphonic work, different methods of colorful orchestrating were applied in the development of mugham melodies. Many Azerbaijani composers have appealed to his genre.

Niyazi had created Rast, S. Aleskerov Bayati-Shiraz, F. Amirov Gulistan Bayati-Shiraz, T. Bakikhanov Humayun, Nevada, Rahab, etc. symphony mugams.

Symphonic metal (Eng. Symphonic metal) is the musical style combing of metal and symphonic orchestra music genres. In music of this genre is reflected in women vocal, imitation of this genre in music vocals, chorus, symphonic music, instruments, or are used in imitation of the synthesizer. Sometimes, at the time of recording of this genre the live symphonic music is also used with assistance of orchestras. This genre has been created in Europe in the mid-1990-es. Creators of the genre such is considered as gothic-metal groups The Gathering and Theatre of Tragedy. They for the first time, used symphonic chorus and women vocal. This genre is also divided into several subgenre.

The school of composer was founded in the twentieth century, and one caused development.   In this sense Azerbaijan State Symphony Orchestra named after U.Hajibeyov. The singing was always connected to each other, enabled the development of one of the other. In this sense Azerbaijan State Symphony Orchestra named after U.Hajibeyov is legal follower in modern performance art. 

Azerbaijan State Symphony Orchestra named after U.Hajibeyov in 1920, the founder of Azerbaijan professional music, was established on the initiative of V.Lenin. The orchestra conductors R. Baton (France), O. Clamberer (Germany), F. Stidri (Austria), N. Golovanov (Russia) took an active part in this case.

Being the 1st orchestra in former Soviet Union, which is one of the first professional musical culture, since its inception has played an important role in promoting of professional music culture.  Symphony orchestra\'s repertoire consists of the Western European, Russian, and the works. Since 1938 renowned conductor Niyazi led the works of Orchestra. 1st large scale world famous symphonic work of Azerbaijani composers, got the life certificate under the conductor Niyazi in this orchestra. 

During various years many famous conductors like N. Rakhin, A. Gauk, L. Ginzburq, A. Stasevich, K. Eliasberg, M. Rostropovich and other conductors, visited Baku worked with Orchestra.  From Azerbaijani conductors A.Israfilzade, Ch Hajibeyov, A.Badalbeyli, K. Abdullaev, Y. Adigozalov and others was conducting this orchestra.

The role of present orchestra is great in high professional promotion of symphonic music of Azerbaijani composers.