Firangiz Alizadeh
Sound
Birthday
1947/05/28 (77 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR [now Azerbaijan]
Also know as
Firəngiz Əliağa qızı Əlizadə, Franghiz Ali-Zadeh, Firangiz Ali-Zadeh, Франгиз Ализаде, Фирангиз Ализаде
Biography
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.
