Aziza Sadikova
• Aziza Sadikova is one of the outstanding Uzbek-German composers of her generation
• She has attracted attention particularly for her dynamic and colourful ensemble and orchestral works
• Began taking piano and composition lessons at the age of five
• Studied at the Tashkent State Conservatoire, then at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and Trinity College, London
• In her works, she effortlessly skips over epochs as if in flight, but in her complexity and love of discovery, she sustains an unmistakable individual style
• Sadikova’s works are performed by leading orchestras such as the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Orchestre National de France, BBC Philharmonic, SWR Symphony Orchestra
• Her music is championed by conductors such as Kent Nagano, Omer Meir Wellber and Jonathan Stockhammer, and programmed at the BBC Proms, Bachfest Leipzig, Wien Modern, Philharmonic Academy Concerts in Hamburg, Young Euro Classic, Kassel Music Days, Aspekte Salzburg, Klangwerkstatt Berlin and ReMusic Festival St Petersburg, among others
• Received the Brandenburg Ministry of Education and Cultural Affairs Art Advancement Award and the European Composition Award
• BBC World Service featured her in their TV documentary “100 Women”
• Sadikova was composer in residence at the Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini in Parma during the 2022-23 season
Works by Aziza Sadikova include:
Farbenzeiten (2024) for orchestra
Angelo di Fuoco (2022) for orchestra
Lichtscherben (2018) Concerto for percussion and orchestra
Looking Ahead: World premiere of Reflections sur Versailles for violin as part of the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Conservatory Competition in Berlin (19 Jan); Brentano's Dialogue composed for the 25th anniversary of Mozart Piano Quartet (WP Berlin 28 Mai)
“Aziza Sadikova uses a unique musical language which inexorably draws her listeners into her musical universe.” — Omer Meir Wellber
Please also visit Aziza Sadikova’s website at www.azizasadikova.com