(b. 1947)
Franghiz Ali Aga Kïzï Ali-Zadeh was born on 28 May 1947 in Baku, then in the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic of the USSR. Although her family was not particularly musical, her father occasionally played the tar, a traditional string instrument of Central Asia. Early in her childhood, Ali-Zadeh developed an interest in music and at age five her family bought a piano. She began composition a few years later, studying the discipline under Adila Huseinzade. Ali-Zadeh has developed into a composer and pianist of contemporary classical music and chairperson of the Composers Union of Azerbaijan. 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.
Franghiz Ali-Zadeh Composition Timpani and Percussion Requirements
Hommage (2003)
Timpani + 5 percussion
Triangle, tambourine, 3 tom toms, snare drum, orchestral bass drum, clash cymbals, vibraphone, marimba
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Intizar (Intizar: Oper in 3 Akten) (2007)
Timpani + 2 percussion + celeste
Triangle, glass chimes, tambourine, snare drum, orchestral bass drum, clash cymbals, tam tam, glockenspiel, xylophone, marimba
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Mersiye (2002)
No Timpani + 6 percussion + celeste
Triangle, glass chimes, wood block, tom tom, orchestral bass drum, clash cymbals, tam tam, glockenspiel, vibraphone, marimba
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Nasimi Passion (Nasimi-Passion) (2016)
Timpani + 2 percussion + celeste
Triangle, tubular bells, 4 tom toms, tambourine, snare drum, orchestral bass drum, clash cymbals, vibraphone, marimba, thunder sheet
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NIZAMI Cosmology (2021)
Timpani + 2 percussion + celeste
Triangle, tubular bells, tom tom, tambourine, snare drum, orchestral bass drum, clash cymbals, tam tam, glockenspiel, xylophone, vibraphone
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Overcoming (2023)
Timpani + 2 percussion
Triangle, glass chimes, orchestral bass drum, clash cymbals
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