Ali-Zade: Crossing Ii / Dilogie I / 3 Watercolours

Featuring

Franghiz Ali-Zadeh
Bengi Ispir Özdülger
Regula Küffer
Marianne Aeschbacher
Regula Schwaar Niederhauser
Renée Straub

David Inniger
La Strimpellata Bern

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Compositional Technique

Frangiz Ali-zade consciously incorporates the European prepared piano, an idea from John Cage, into her own musical tradition to achieve Eastern sound characteristics.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Frangiz Ali-zade's music is characterized by a synthesis of Western avant-garde compositional practices and the traditional musical traditions of her homeland, Azerbaijan.

Composer Biography

Frangiz Ali-zade, born in Baku in 1947, is an Azeri composer, pianist, and doctor of musicology.

Performer Biography

La Strimpellata Bern, a Swiss ensemble, has been active for ten years, exploring a repertoire between chamber music intimacy and orchestral grandeur, and collaborating with contemporary composers.

Recording & Production

This CD is the result of an intensive three-year collaboration with Frangiz Ali-zade, and all works on it are world premiere recordings.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Frangiz Ali-zade often explores compositional problems in groups of pieces, such as the 'Dilogie' and 'Crossing' series, focusing on contrast and mediation between musical materials and cultures.