KARAYEV 10 PRELUDES FOR PIANO SERIES

She then participated successfully in a series of masterclasses in Europe, including the Mozarteum International Summer Music Academy in Salzburg. She pursued an active concert career in the Soviet Union and taught at her alma mater in Baku.

She gave her first public performance when she was eight, and went on to win a series of prizes in youth music competitions all over the USSR.Īt Baku State Conservatory, Elnara Ismailova concluded her studies cum laude in the disciplines of solo piano, chamber music and music teaching. (Excerpt from the liner notes by Elnara Ismailova)īorn in Baku (Azerbaijan), Elnara Ismailova was admitted into the special school for musically gifted children at the early age of five. Karayev studied violin and piano at Baku Conservatory, and went on to study composition at Moscow Conservatory in the class of Dmitri Shostakovich, who always held Karayev in highest esteem…. When Karayev was still quite young, he profited from the teaching of composer Uzeyir Hajibeyov, the founder of classical Azerbaijani music (Hajibeyov used mugham in his 1908 opera Leyli and Majnun and wrote the book The Principles of Azerbaijani Folk Music). The national music of Azerbaijan is firmly rooted in the traditional modal genre of mugham, which has its own special musical language. All of this makes Karayev’s art exceptionally complex: he succeeds in creating a universe of sound that captivates the audience. With melodies that sing while telling a story, his music’s moving, unforgettable expression is colored by modern, extremely expressive harmonies. Kara Karayev (in Azerbaijani: Qara Qaraev) is an outstanding composer of the 20th century whose legacy is acknowledged and acclaimed far beyond the borders of Azerbaijan, his native country. KARA KARAYEV – 100th anniversary of his birth

Karayev 10 preludes for piano