Amirov, Azerbaijani composer: Khayyam Mirzazade, Azerbaijani composer and Garayev's student: Imran Qasymov, Azerbaijani writer: Arif Malikov, Azerbaijani composer and Garayev's student: Tribute to his memory The International Festival of Contemporary Music has been held since 1986 with the support of the Ministry of Culture of Azerbaijan. In memory of Gara Garayev: metro station in Baku an avenue in Baku a street in Imishli (city) Children's Music School No.75 in Moscow a ship A memorial plaque installed on the wall of Gara Garayev's house in Baku. In The 30th of February, the monument to Gara Garayev opened by President Ilham Aliyev in 28 May Street of Baku. A memorial board installed at Gara Garayev's house in Moscow. Where he lived between 1973 and 1982. Major works 1942 - Film score for A Story About the Oil Workers of the Caspian Sea1943 - Symphony No. 1 1943 - Opera Motherland, with Jovdat Hajiyev, premiered in Baku in 1945 1947 - Symphonic poem Leyli and Majnun. Edited Muslim Magomayev's opera Shah Ismayil1948 – Seven Beauties, ballet 1949 - Seven Beauties, a suite for symphonic orchestra 1950 - Six children's pieces for piano 1952 - Albanian Rhapsody, children's pieces for piano 1957 - Path of Thunder ballet 1958 - Film score for Her Great Heart, three nocturnes for jazz orchestra 1960 - Don Quixote'', symphonic sketches 1960 - Sonata for violin and piano 1951-63 - 24 Preludes for piano 1964 - Symphony No. 3 1967 - Violin Concerto Honours and awards Hero of Socialist Labour (1978) Two Orders of Lenin (1967, 1978) Order of the October Revolution (1971) Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1961) Stalin Prize, twice (1946, 1948) Lenin Prize (1967) Azerbaijan SSR State Prize (1965) Honoured Artist of the Azerbaijani SSR (1955) People's Artist of the Azerbaijani SSR (1958) People's Artist of the USSR (1959) See also List of People's Artists of the Azerbaijan SSR References External links "Garayev: Forgotten Music Scores from Famous Composers," by Alla Bayramova, in Azerbaijan International, Vol. 11:1 (Spring 2003), pp. 16–17. Gara Garayev at http://www.musigi-dunya.az List of Garayev’s works from Onno van Rijen's Soviet Composers Page. Listen to Gara Garayev's works, Music Section of Azerbaijan International 1918 births 1982 deaths Azerbaijani composers Azerbaijani ballet composers Azerbaijani film score composers Azerbaijani professors Azerbaijani music educators Academic staff of the Baku Academy of Music Heroes of Socialist Labour People's Artists of the Azerbaijan SSR People's Artists