Born
28 May 1947 in Baku (Azerbaijan).

Education
From 1954 until 1965 at the Music School of Baku (piano under Ulfan Khalilov); from 1965 until 1972 at Azerbaijan State Conservatory of Baku (composition under Kara Karaev. Graduated in piano in 1970 and in composition in 1972. From 1973 until 1976 she was assistant with Kara Karaev.

Style
Ali-Zadeh combines Western avant-garde composition techniques with the traditional music of Azerbaijan.

::: Works :::

Music for flute, harp, viola and cello (1968)
Poem for violin, clarinet and percussion (1970)
Sonata to the Memory of Alban Berg (1970)
Piano Concerto (1972)
String Quartet (1974)
Symphony (1976)
To the Children Death Songs "To the Memory of Gustav Mahler" for clarinet, violin and percussion (1977)
Songs about the Homeland, oratorio for three soloists, chorus and orchestra after Nabi Hasri (1978)
In the Style of Gabil-Sajahy, composition for cello and prep. piano (1979)
Ode after Davud Nassib for chorus and orchestra (1980)
Fantasy for organ (1982)
Funeral-Music in Memory of Kara Karaev, chamber concerto (1983)
Partita for organ (1985)
The Legend of the White Horseman, rock-opera in one act after a folk-poem (1985)
Concerto for chamber orchestra (1986)
Three Aquarelles after Nighar Rafibehli, songs for soprano, flute and prep. piano (1987)
Dilogia I for String Quartet (1988)
Music for piano (1989)
From Japanese Poetry after Isikava Takuboku, songcycle for soprano, flute and prep. piano/celesta/vibraphone (1990)
Dilogia II for Nonet (String Quartet and Wind Quintet) (1990)
Piano Sonate No. 2 (1990)
Crossing I for clarinet and vibraphon/celesta (1991)
Crossing II for 11 instruments (flute, oboe, fagot, horn, trombone, harp, vibraphone, violin, viola, cello and double-bass (1992-1993)
Mugam-sajahy for string Quartet and synthesizer/tape (1993)
CD Felmay FY 7022: Xenia Ensemble: Elizabeth Wilson (cello), Eilís Cranitch (violin), Christine Anderson (violin), Michèle Minne (viola)
The Empty Cradle, ballet in two acts (1993)
Fantasy for guitar solo (1994)
String Quartet No. 3 (1995)
Mirage for 'ud and chamber ensemble, part of the cycle "Silk Road" (1998)
Azerbaijani Pastoral for 2 guitars, flutes and percussion instruments (3 players) (1998)
Sturm und Drang for chamber orchestra (1998)
Azhk Havasi for violoncello, part of the cycle "Silk Road" (1998)
String Quartet No. 4 "Oasis" (1998)
Journey to Immortality for baritone, mixed choir and chamber ensemble on poetry by Nazim Hikmet (in Turkish) (1995-1999)
Silk Road, concerto for percussion and chamber orchestra in 3 parts, part of the cycle "Silk Road" (1999)
In Search of Lost Time for soprano, clarinet (or alto flute), violin, violoncello and piano (+ zarb) on a poem by Franghiz Ali-Zadeh after Marcel Proust (in Russian) (1999)
The Might of Beauty, romance for counter-tenor and string quartet on a poem by Alexander Pushkin (in Russian) (1999)
Gottes ist der Orient for mixed choir, organ and percussion on poems from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's 'West-östlicher Divan' (in German) (2000)
Dervish, septet for violoncello solo, violin, viola, tutek, kanun, gosha-nagara, and tape (2000)
Piano Quintet (2000)
Work for pipa and string quartet (in progress) (2000)
Concerto for cello and orchestra (2000-2001)
Habil-Sayagy In Habil's Style for cello and piano
CD Quartz QTZ 2032: Matthew Barley (cello), Stephen De Pledge (piano)

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