Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences

A. Malikov, who began his career as a teacher at the Shusha city music school in 1951-1952, joined the Azerbaijan State Conservatory in 1960, where he worked as a senior lecturer in 1966-1968, associate professor in 1968-1978, and since 1986 he has been the head of the composer chair.

Along with the composer's activities, Arif Malikov has served as a prominent educator for many years and has provided exceptional services in the field of training of young musicians and professional musicians. Arif Melikov, as a people's deputy of the USSR, has always demonstrated a patriotic intellectual position in the socio-political life of our republic in the last decades of the last century.

He was a corresponding member of ANAS on "Art Studies" specialty in 2001, and in 2014 he was selected as an active member of ANAS.

Long-term effectiveness of academician Arif Malikov in development and promotion of a musical culture of Azerbaijan is well-deserved and highly appreciated by the state. He was awarded a number of honorary titles and was awarded "Heydar Aliyev", "Istiglal" and "Glory" orders from the highest awards of the Republic of Azerbaijan.