“Senetkar” (“Master”) Medal
Year of establishment: 2013
Purpose:
Directors, actors, composers, designers and technical workers who have devoted long years oftheir lives to serving in the field of performing arts of Azerbaijan, made significant achievementsin the development of the national theatre, as well as other artists associated with their work with the theatre and veterans of the stageare awarded with this prize.
Since its inception, the following figures have been honoured:
2014
People’s Artist Amina Yusifgyzy
People’s Artist Jannat Salimova
People’s Artist Lyudmila Dukhovnaya
People’s Artist Afag Bashirgyzy
People’s Artist Rafig Azimov
People’s Artist Haji Ismailov
People’s Artist Ramiz Melikov
People’s Artist Ilham Ahmadov
People’s Artist Tariel Gasimov
Honored Figure of Arts Adalat Veliyev
Honored Figure of Arts Kazim Aliverdibeyov
Honored Figure of Arts Aydin Talybzade
Honored Artist Elchin Mukhtar Elkhan
2015
People’s Artist of the USSR Arif Melikov
People’s Artist Shafiga Mammadova
People’s Artist Amalia Panahova
People’s Artist Azer Rzayev
People’s Artist Agakishi Kazimov
People’s Artist Janali Akbarov
People’s Artist Arif Guliyev
People’s Artist Jafar Namig Kamal
People’s Artist Guljahan Gulahmadova
People’s Artist of Boyukkhanym Aliyeva
People’s Artist Evgenia Nevmerzhitskaya
People’s Artist Vagif Aliyev
People’s Artist Svetlana Khakimova
Honored Scientist Kamal Abdullayev
Honored Figure of Arts Timuchin Efendiyev
Honored Figure of Arts Maryam Alizade
Honored Figure of Arts Maharram Badirzade
Honored Artist Rahman Rahmanov
Honored Artist Khanlar Hashimzade
Honored Teacher Anvar Veliyev
Honored Artist Mirza Agabeyli
Honored Artist Elvida Jafarov
Honored Artist Rahib Aliyev
Honored Artist Tamilla Bunyatova
Honored Culture Worker Asad Mammadov
Honored Culture Worker Nurida Nurullaeva
Opera singer Razia Shirinova
Actress Amina Babayeva
Director Larisa Tarusova
Choreographer Maira Almaszade
2016
People’s Artist of the USSR Zeynab Khanlarova
People’s Artist Eldar Guliyev
People’s Artist Farhad Khalilov
People’s Artist Rafiga Akhundova
People’s Artist Nuraddin Guliyev
People’s Artist Ramiz Mammadov
People’s Artist Yasin Garayev
People’s Artist Agakhan Salmanly
Honored Artist Nazir Rustamov
Honored Artist Shafag Aliyeva
Honored Artist Latifa Guluzade
Honored Artist Irada Hasanova
Actress Masuma Babayeva
2017
People’s Artist of the USSR Fidan Gasymova
People’s Artist of the USSR Farhad Badalbeyli
People’s Artist Vagif Asadov
People’s Artist Maleyka Asadova
People’s Artist Saida Guliyeva
People’s Artist Bakhtiyar Khanyzade
People’s Artist Mabud Maharramov
Honored Artist Gulsabah Guliyeva
Honored Artist Afgan Soltanov
Honored Artist Sonakhanym Mikayilova
Honored Artist Firangiz Babayeva
Honored Artist Boris Grafkin
Honored Culture Worker Hafiz Dadashov
theatre expert Elmira Aliyeva
Scriptwriter, editor Sadyg Eljanly
2018
People’s Artist Tahir Tahirov
People’s Artist Nazim Beykishiyev
People’s Artist Vagif Sharifov
People’s Artist Arif Babayev
People’s Artist Nubar Novruzova
Honored Figure of Arts Ali Amirli
Honored Artist Tofig Bayramov
Honored Artist Yadigar Muradov
Honored Figure of Arts Rafig Sadigov
Honored Artist Kazym Abdullayev
Playwright, translator, editor Vagif Alikhanly
Choreographer Tamilla Mammadova
Director Tamilla Maharramova
Honored Artist Hijran Nasirova
2019
People’s Artist Firangiz Mutallimova
People’s Artist Gabil Guliyev
People’s Artist Valeh Karimov
Honored Artist Intigam Hasanov