Franghiz Ali-Zadeh (Azerbaijani:
Firəngiz Əlizadə, Cyrillic:
Франгиз Али-Заде; born 29 May 1947, Baku) is an
Azerbaijani composer and pianist. She is best known for her works which combine the musical tradition of the Azerbaijani
mugam and 20th century Western compositional techniques, especially those of
Arnold Schönberg and
Gara Garayev (a.k.a.
Kara Karayev). Ali-Zadeh studied the piano and composition at the Baku Conservatory, from which she graduated as a pianist in 1970, and as a composer in 1972. From 1973-1976 she was Kara Karayev’s research assistant, and in 1989 completed …
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