Franghiz Ali-Zadeh (

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Firəngiz Əlizadə, Russian Франгиз Али-Заде; born 29 May 1947 in

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i composer and pianist, currently living in

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. She is best known for her works that combine the musical tradition of the Azerbaijani ''

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'' and 20th century Western compositional techniques, especially those of

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and

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. Her works have been performed by

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, and the

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. On June 20, 2007, Ali-Zadeh was elected chair of the Composers' Union of Azerbaijan. She was also author of Karabakhname opera.

Social activities

She is the artistic director of the

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Discography

* "Mugam Sayagi", on

: ''Night Prayers'',

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(1994) * La Strimpellata Bern: ''Crossings: Music by Frangiz Ali-Zade'', BIS (1997) * "Habil-Sajahy for cello & prepared piano", on Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble: ''Silk Road Journey - When Strangers Meet'',

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(2002) * Kronos Quartet: ''Mugam Sayagi: Music of Franghiz Ali-Zadeh'',

(2005) * "Aşk Havasi", on Jessica Kuhn (

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): ''Giacinto Scelsi, Frangis Ali-Sade'', Thorofon (2006) *

: ''Impulse'', on ''In 27 Pieces: the Hilary Hahn Encores'',

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MP3 download (2014) * Konstantin Manaev: ''Ali-Zadeh: Chamber Music for Cello'', GWK Records (2014)

Notes

References

* Julie Anne Sadie and Rhian Samuel: ''The Norton/Grove Dictionary of Women Composers'' (1995) * Marina Lobanova: "Auf der Silk Road des kulturellen Dialogs. Die aserbaidschanische Komponistin Frangis Ali-sade". In: "Neue Zeitschrift für Musik" 2000, Heft 4, S. 21-25 * Neil Edmunds: ''Soviet Music and Society Under Lenin and Stalin'' (2004) * Inna Naroditskaya: ''Song From the Land of Fire: Azerbaijanian Mugam in the Soviet and Post-Soviet Periods'', Routledge (2003)

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