Born in 1983, Conductor Valid Ağayev is originally from Baku, Azerbaijan. 

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Valid Ağayev attended a Secondary Special Music School, and then studied violin at the Baku State Academy and earned a Bachelor of Music cum laude in 2006. In 2008 he achieved Master of Music and in 2010 Postgraduate also with honours. 

During his studies as a violinist in Azerbaijan, Valid Ağayev took the opportunity to take master classes

with world famous musicians, as M. Rostropovich, D. Sitkovetski and M. Vengerov. 

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From 2004 to 2010, Valid Ağayev was a leading violinist and a soloist of the 

State Chamber Orchestra named after Qara Qarayev. As part of this activity, he led concert tours

 to Germany, France, USA, Japan, South Korea, Italy, Poland, Turkey, Sweden, Belgium, Russia and Ukraine.

From 2012 to 2017 Valid Ağayev studied conducting at the High School of Music and Dance in Cologne; first with Professor Michael Luig and later on with Professor Alexander Rumpf.

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Since January 2014 until July 2020, Valid Ağayev has been working as a Conductor and Artistic Director of the Attendorn Chamber Orchestra. In this capacity, on numerous occasions he attracted exceptional soloists such as 

Sergey Doqadin, Aleksey Semenenko, Gerhard Vielhaber, Shengzhi Guo, Emilie Jaulmes to the Attendorn city.

 
At the end of 2016, he successfully passed his final conducting exam with honours.

As part of his studies, he regularly led the Philharmonie Südwestfalen in Cologne and other cities in Germany.

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Since 2017, Valid Ağayev was invited regularly as a guest conductor to different types of concerts with the

Orquesta Clásica Santa Cecilia. In April 2017, he flew to Madrid on short notice to perform with the orchestra 

for the first time, and then later in May to perform at the scene of Auditorio Nacional de Música. 

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In November 2017 he shared the stage with the Ukrainian National Symphony Orchestra in Kiel, Germany.

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In December 2019, Mr. Ağayev worked very successfully with the Azerbaijan State Chamber Orchestra and then he went to Kazakhstan to work with the world famous violinist Shlomo Mintz and "Academy of Soloists of Kazakhstan" in Astana.

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Since 01.01.2021 Mr. Ağayev works as Associate Professor in Çukurova State Conservatory in Adana,

Since 2022 started very intensive cooperation between Çukurova State Symphony Orceestra Valid Ağa and the world famous artists such as  Jasmine Choi, Mark Bouchkov, Manu Brazo, Ji Young Lim and Salem Ashkar.

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In the same year, Valid Ağayev was appointed as the Conductor in Residence for the Baku Piano Festival, where he successfully performed alongside renowned musicians like Shahin Novrasli, Helen Mercier, and Azerbaijan State Symphony Orchestra.

In October 2023, Mr. Ağayev served as a jury member for the 1st Ferit Tüzün International Conducting Competition.​​​​​​​

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Currently, Mr. Agayev is leading the development of a unique initiative dedicated to establishing a symphonic project called the "Turan Symphony Orchestra." This initiative aims to bring together musical talents from various Turkic nations.