Composers
Əkrəm Babayev
Tofig Guliyev — father of Azerbaijani jazz and popular song
The musicologist who notated mugham also wrote the country's most-sung popular songs.
Blog
Blog
Articles on music licensing, production and Eastern music.
Composers
Əkrəm Babayev
Arif Melikov — “Legend of Love” on the world's stages
A ballet written at 28 travelled from Leningrad into the repertoire of theatres across dozens of countries.
Composers
Əkrəm Babayev
Asaf Zeynally — a school compressed into 23 years
Uzeyir Hajibeyli's first composition student. His life was short, but Azerbaijani chamber music begins with him.
Composers
Əkrəm Babayev
Franghiz Ali-Zadeh — from mugham to the Kronos Quartet
The most performed Azerbaijani composer in the world today, translating mugham into the language of contemporary chamber music.
Music İndustry & Business
Lala Aliyeva
The World Is Ready for the Sound of the East — But Is the Music Industry?
Eastern music heritage, from the Caucasus to Central Asia, is capturing the attention of global film, advertising, and gaming industries. MusicAL.az is the central platform to discover and license this rich sound.