Franghiz Ali-Zadeh

• Franghiz Ali-Zadeh attempts to build a bridge between the Western avant-garde and the music of her homeland Azerbaijan, but also of other regions of the Near East
• A central cycle of her works has been grouped under the generic theme of the Silk Road
• Compositional styles from her Oriental homeland are encountered repeatedly, such as the Mugam, a fixed modal melody type, combined with characteristics of the Western avant-garde to create distinctive soundworlds
• Alongside chamber music such as Mugam Sayagi, are scores including Music for Piano, in which she works with a prepared piano like John Cage
• Franghiz Ali-Zadeh is also attracted to philosophical and literary subjects, for instance in Nizami Cosmology or In Search of Lost Time.

Works by Franghiz Ali-Zadeh include:
Habil Sayagi for cello and prepared piano (1979)
Crossing II for eleven instruments (1992-93)
Silk Road Concerto for percussion and chamber orchestra (1999)
Nasimi-Passion for baritone, choir and orchestra (2016)

Works by Franghiz Ali-Zadeh are published by Boosey & Hawkes / Sikorski

Looking Ahead: World premiere Sövq. Music for solo cello, percussion and string orchestra with Kian Soltani (vlc), Dominique Vleeshouwers (perc) and Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Cello Biennale in Amsterdam (6 Nov)

"The greatest influences on the development of a composer's musical language are the first childhood memories: the family, the environment, the musical life of the homeland." — Franghiz Ali-Zadeh