Yagub Mammadov (singer)
Yagub Mammad oghlu Mammadov was an Azerbaijani khananda, or mugham singer.
Biography
Yagub Mammadov was born on 5 May 1930 in Aghjabadi District. In 1956 he came to Baku for the Republican Youth Festival and became a laureate of the festival. Then he was invited to the Azerbaijan State Philharmonic Hall. Mammadov had been working at the Philharmonic since 1958 and simultaneously studying in the class of Seyid Shushinski at the Asaf Zeynalli Music College. Mammadov was a soloist at the Azerbaijan State Philharmonic Hall for many years and performed at concerts. His mugham performances, recorded on gramophone shafts, have spread throughout the Near and Middle East.Mammadov died on 5 June 2002 in Baku.