Composer of the Week

* 28 May 1947 Baku

"Every time music helped me and took away the problems of life....every time when I compose music I feel so much stronger, more creative."

„My message to the young people: Music is the best what God gave us in our life. If you play music, if you compose music, you are a really lucky person in life!“
Franghis Ali-Zadeh

Among compositions for many different instruments, including folk music instruments from Azerbeidjan, Franghis Ali-Zadeh also has written music for piano and for prepared piano, songs, piano chamber music and two piano concertos (if we include the "IMPROMPTU-CROSSINGS" for prepared piano, five azerbaidzhani folk instruments and chamber orchestra to this genre).

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15 September 1890 Genève - 21 November 1974 Naarden

“Quand je joue le ‘Polyptyque’ de Frank Martin, je ressens la même responsabilité, la même exaltation qu’en jouant la Chaconne de Bach”.
 - "When I play Frank Martin's 'Polyptyque', I feel the same responsibility, the same excitement as playing Bach's Chaconne."-
Yehudi Menuhin

Frank Martin wrote a considerable amount of piano music, a couple of piano concertos and chamber music with piano. His most played piano pieces are his wonderful "8 Preludes", written in 1947/48. They were written for pianist Dinu Lipatti. Unfortunately, he died before being able to perform them.

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9 December 1882, Sevilla - 14 January 1949, Madrid

During his entire career Joaquín Turina continued to compose music for piano. His large oeuvre for piano begins with the Piano Quintet Op.1 and ends with three piano solo pieces for the small cycle "Desde mi teraza" Op.104 (1947). In between he composed more than 80 works for piano solo, piano chamber music and many songs.

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19 April 1892 in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Val-de-Marne; † 7 November 1983 in Paris

Germaine Tailleferre was an extraordinarily inspired composer who for nearly a century was able to remain true to her own musical language. At a young age, she was the only female member of the "Groupe des Six."

Tailleferre composed more than 30 piano pieces (solo & duo), several works for piano & orchestra and many piano chamber music compositions.

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