Amina Figarova
Amina Figarova ( Azerbaijani Əminə Fiqarova * 12. October 1966 in Baku ) is from Azerbaijan coming jazz musician ( piano and composition ).
Live and act
Figarova received music lessons from childhood and focused on the piano. She attended the Baku Conservatory where she studied classical piano. She then continued her studies at the jazz department of the Rotterdam Conservatory and at the Berklee College of Music in Boston . Since 1994 she has released various albums. She usually appears in a sextet or septet formation , mostly with the flautist Bart Platteau, her husband. In 2010 she and her group were the only European contribution to the Newport Jazz Festival . She has also performed with Enrico Granafei and with the American All Stars Band (with James Moody , Nathan Davis , Claudio Roditi , Larry Coryell and Wynard Harper). After living in the Netherlands for twenty years, she moved to New York City in 2012 .
Discographic notes
- Attraction (1994)
- Night Train (2002)
- Amina Figarova Live in Amsterdam , 2005
- September Suite , 2005
- Sketches (2010)
- Twelve (2012)
- Road to the Sun (AmFi, 2019)
- Amina Figarova Edition 113: Persistence (AmFi Records, 2020)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ According to All About Jazz , she was born on December 2nd, cf. Portrait of Amina Figarova at AAJ
- ↑ a b Amina Figarova, pianist, composer . In: Biography Page . Official Website: Amina Figarova. Archived from the original on June 6, 2012. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 27, 2012.
- ↑ Amina Figarova (NPR)
- ↑ Interview ( Twelve ) ( Memento from March 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Review of Sketches (PDF; 201 kB) in the Down Beat
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Figarova, Amina |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fiqarova, minə |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Azerbaijani jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 12, 1966 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Baku |