Мурад Кажлаев

Murad Magomedovich Kazhlayev (15 January 1931 – 23 December 2023) was a Russian and Lak composer and conductor. He was a People's Artist of the USSR (1981), People's Artist of the Republic of Dagestan (2016), and laureate of international premiums and contests. He was also Artistic Director and Chief Conductor of the Great Academic Concert Orchestra named after Silantyev, a professor and academician at Russian Academy of Natural Sciences.