Английская Википедия:Franghiz Ali-Zadeh
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Franghiz Ali Aga Kïzï Ali-ZadehШаблон:Refn (born 29 May 1947) is an Azerbaijani composer and pianist of contemporary classical music. Her music synthesizes Western classical modernist techniques with the Azerbaijani mugham art music. Among her better known works are the chamber piece Gabil Sajahy (1979) for cello and piano, as well as the ballet Empty Cradle (1993); she has also written instrumental, vocal and film music.Шаблон:Sfn
Life and career
Early life and education
Franghiz Ali Aga Kïzï Ali-Zadeh was born on 29 May 1947 in Baku, then in the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic of the USSR.Шаблон:Sfn Although her family was not particularly musical, her father—an oil engineer—occasionally played the tar, a traditional string instrument of Central Asia.Шаблон:Sfn Early in her early childhood, Ali-Zadeh developed an interest in music and at age five her family bought a piano.Шаблон:Sfn She began composition a few years later, studying the discipline under Adila Huseinzade.Шаблон:Sfn
From 1954 to 1965 Ali-Zadeh attended Azerbaijan State Conservatory's youth music school; later she studied at the conservatory in composition under Gara Garayev (graduated 1972) and piano under Ulfan Khalilov (graduated 1970).Шаблон:Sfn At the conservatory, she became an assistant to Karayev (1970–76) and was later in postgraduate track with him (1974–76).Шаблон:Sfn She was awarded the Composers Union of Azerbaijan award in 1980.Шаблон:Sfn After becoming an assistant professor there (1976–89),Шаблон:Sfn Ali-Zadeh wrote her doctoral dissertation, "Orchestration in Works by Azerbaijani Composers" (1989) for a Doctor of Music.Шаблон:Sfn She became a full professor of the conservatory from 1996 onwards.Шаблон:Sfn
Career and later life
Through her piano performances, Ali-Zadeh has promoted the music of various contemporary classical composers, particularly Russians.Шаблон:Sfn Throughout the 1960s and 70s, she gave the Azerbaijani premieres of compositions by Russian-Soviet composers such as Edison Denisov, Sofia Gubaidulina and Alfred Schnittke, as well as Europeans such as Alban Berg, John Cage, George Crumb, Olivier Messiaen and Arnold Schoenberg.Шаблон:Sfn Ali-Zadeh has frequent music festivals of the former USSR and was elected as a member of the Schoenberg Institute of Los Angeles in 1988.Шаблон:Sfn She moved to Turkey in 1992.Шаблон:Sfn In the late 1990s she moved to Berlin, Germany,Шаблон:Sfn but now spends her time between there and Baku.Шаблон:Sfn
Ali-Zadeh became the first women composer-in-residence of the Lucerne Festival in August 1999.Шаблон:Sfn She was also composer-in-residence for the Beethoven Orchester of Bonn in both 2001 and 2003.Шаблон:Sfn Among her awards are the People's Artiste of Azerbaijan (2008).Шаблон:Sfn Since 2008, she has been a UNESCO Artist for Peace, particularly in service of the organization's Children's education program.Шаблон:Sfn She is also the artistic director of the International World of Mugham Festival.Шаблон:Sfn
Her works have been performed by Yo-Yo Ma and Hilary Hahn, among others. The Kronos Quartet in particular have championed her music.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn
Music
She is best known for her works that combine the musical tradition of the Azerbaijani mugham and 20th century Western compositional techniques, especially those of Arnold Schoenberg and Gara Garayev.Шаблон:Sfn This synthesis-style began in the 1970s, prior to which she primarily engaged with soly Western European modernism.Шаблон:Sfn
Among her compositions is the opera Karabakhname (2007). Ali-Zadeh's works were long published by Hans Sikorski,Шаблон:Sfn now a part of Boosey & Hawkes.Шаблон:Sfn
List of compositions
Selective list
| Title | Year | Genre |
|---|---|---|
Dramatic | ||
| Legenda o belom vsadnike [The Legend of the White Horseman] |
1985 Шаблон:Abbr |
Rock opera 1 Act |
| Empty Cradle | 1993 | Ballet 2 Acts |
| Stadt Graniza | 2001 | Ballet 2 Acts |
Instrumental | ||
| Piano Sonata No. 1 ("In Memoriam Alban Berg") |
1970 Шаблон:Abbr |
Solo piano |
| Piano concerto | 1972 Шаблон:Abbr |
Concertante |
| String Quartet No. 1 | 1974 Шаблон:Abbr |
Chamber str qt |
| Symphony | 1976 Шаблон:Abbr |
Orchestral |
| Zu den Kindertotenlieder ("In Memoriam Gustav Mahler") |
1977 | Chamber cl. vn. perc. |
| Gabil-Sajahy | 1979 | Chamber vc prep pf |
| Fantasy | 1982 | Organ |
| Partita | 1985 | Organ |
| Travermusik ("In memoriam Kara Karaev") |
1986 Шаблон:Abbr |
Chamber ensemble |
| Dilogia I | 1988 | Chamber str qt |
| Music for Piano | 1989/97 Шаблон:Abbr |
Solo piano |
| Dilogia II | 1989–94 Шаблон:Abbr |
Chamber str qrt, wind qnt |
| Piano Sonata No. 2 | 1990 | Solo piano |
| Crossing I | 1991 | Chamber cl, vib/cel |
| Crossing II | 1992–3 | Chamber large ensemble |
| Mugam-Sajahy | 1993 | Chamber str qt, synth/tape |
| Fantasie | 1994 | Solo guitar |
| String Quartet No. 3 | 1995 Шаблон:Abbr |
Chamber str qt |
| Azerbaijani Pastoral | 1998 | Chamber 2 gui, fl, perc |
| Mirage | 1998 | Chamber ud, large ensemble |
| String Quartet No. 4 "Oasis" |
1998 Шаблон:Abbr |
Chamber str qt |
| Sturm und Drang | 1998 | Chamber large ensemble |
| Aşk havasi | 1998 | Solo cello |
| Silk Road Percussion concerto |
1999 | Concertante perc, chamber ensemble |
| Apsheron quintet | 2001 | Chamber prepared pf, str qt |
| Marimba Concerto | 2001 | Concertante mar, str ens |
| Cello Concerto "Mersiye |
2002 | Concertante Vc, chamber ensemble |
| Naġillar [Fairy Tales] |
2002 | Orchestral |
| Shyshtar | 2002 | Chamber 12 cellos |
| Counteractions | 2002–03 | Chamber vc, bayan/accdn |
| Sabah [Tomorrow] |
2003 | Chamber vn, vc, pipa, prepared pf |
Vocal | ||
| Deyshime | 2001 | Chamber 2 voices, 2 hp, tape |
Selected recordings
| Year | Composition | Album | Performers | Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Mugam Sayagi | Night Prayers | Kronos Quartet | Nonesuch 9 79346-2 |
| 1997 | Various | Crossings: Music by Frangiz Ali-Zade | La Strimpellata Bern | BIS BIS-CD-827 |
| 2002 | Habil-Sajahy | Silk Road Journey - When Strangers Meet | Silk Road Ensemble | Sony Classical SS 89782 |
| 2005 | Various | Mugam Sayagi: Music of Franghiz Ali-Zadeh | Kronos Quartet | Nonesuch PRCD 301479 |
| 2006 | Aşk Havasi | Giacinto Scelsi; Frangis Ali-Sade | Jessica Kuhn | Thorofon CTH 2480 |
| 2014 | Impulse | In 27 Pieces: the Hilary Hahn Encores | Hilary Hahn | Deutsche Grammophon 479 1725 |
| 2014 | Various | Ali-Zadeh: Chamber Music for Cello | Konstantin Manaev | Classic Clips CLCL109 |
References
Notes
Citations
Sources
- Books
- Articles
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- Online
Further reading
- 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) Шаблон:ISBN
External links
- Profile for Franghiz Ali-Zadeh at Boosey & Hawkes
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- Шаблон:AllMusic
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