Aisha Orazbayeva ( kk, Aısha Orazbaeva, born 1985) is a violinist from

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...

. She also writes and has had plays broadcast on the radio. She gained notice for her performance of

Salvatore Sciarrino Salvatore Sciarrino (born 4 April 1947) is an Italian composer of contemporary classical music. Described as "the best-known and most performed Italian composer" of the present day, his works include ''Quaderno di strada'' (2003) and ''La porta d ...

caprices. Orazbayeva collaborated with computer music composer

Peter Zinovieff Peter Zinovieff (26 January 1933 – 23 June 2021) was a British engineer and composer. In the late 1960s, his company, Electronic Music Studios (EMS), made the VCS3, a synthesizer used by many early progressive rock bands such as Pink Floyd ...

on a violin concerto ''Our Too'', premiered at London Contemporary Music Festival in 2014. In 2014 composer

Bryn Harrison Bryn Harrison (born 1969 in Bolton, England) is a British experimental composer. His works have been widely performed by international ensembles and he was a recipient of the 2013 Paul Hamlyn Foundation Award for Composers. He is currently Reader ...

wrote ''Receiving the Approaching Memory'', a 40-minute work for violin and piano, for Orazbayeva and pianist Mark Knoop. An album version was released in 2015.

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* Women classical violinists Kazakhstani classical violinists 1985 births Living people 21st-century women musicians 21st-century classical violinists 21st-century Kazakhstani women {{violinist-stub