Works
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Orchestra
Solo
Large Ensemble
Small Ensemble (2 to 4 performers)
Electronics
ARrangements
Orchestra
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Premiere: February 11, 2011 | Manhattan School of Music Symphony, conducted by David Gilbert | John C. Borden Auditorium, New York. (Click here for audio link.)
Premiere: January 28, 2011 | Azerbaijan State Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Ayyub Guliyev | Azerbaijan State Philarmony, Baku, Azerbaijan. (Click here for audio/video link.)
Commissioned by “Zamanla uz-uze” Festival of Contemporary Music.
Premiere: June 18, 2011 | Azerbaijan State String Orchestra, conducted by Vladimir Runchak | Azerbaijan State Philarmony, Baku, Azerbaijan
“Zamanla uz-uze” festival of Contemporary Music.
Two Dances
Premiere: July 24, 2013 | Azerbaijan State Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Fakhraddin Karimov | Azerbaijan State Philarmony, Baku, Azerbaijan | 5th Gabala International Music Festival. (Click here for audio/video link.)
Solo
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Breath
mono-opera in three acts for flutist, based on text by Samuel Beckett.
Commissioned by Avital Cohen.
Premiere: December 13, 2017 | Avital Cohen | Thik Theatre im Kornhaus Baden, Switzerland
piano and live electronics
Commissioned by Cincinnati Soundbox.
Premiere: May 18, 2017 | Kris Rucinski | Chamber Soundbox: Cincinnati – Chicago | Cincinnati, OH.
solo cello
Commissioned by Gregory Rowland Evans.
Premiere: April 2, 2015 | Gregory Rowland Evans: Performance and Time Arts, Contemporary Dance Theater | Cincinnati, USA.
in absentia
for amplified violin
Premiere: November 19, 2013 | Erika Dicker | Cohen Family Studio Theater | Cincinnati, OH| “7”-DMA recital of Turkar Gasimzada
Music for Nothing#4
for speaking percussionist. Text by Samuel Beckett.
Premiere: April 19, 2013 | Drew Dolan | Performance and Time Arts, Contemporary Dance Theater | Cincinnati, OH
Patterns of the ink dissolving in water
solo flute
Premiere: March 29, 2010 | Erin Lesser | Manhattan School of Music, New York (Click here for audio link)
vu’cumpra’
solo piano
Premiere: October 16, 2010 | Kenji Fujimura | “Unique Forms of Continuity in Space” Composition Competition | Iwaki Auditorium, Melbourne, Australia. (Click here for audio/video link)
Another inadequate gift
solo marimba and tape
Commissioned by Ana Lorenzo.
Premiere: TBD
espacio blanco para toda la nieve
solo piano
Premiere: February 12, 2012 | Shiau-uen Ding | Vox Novus Composer’s Voice Series, 15 Minutes of Fame: “Pieces pour la fin du monde” | Jan Hus Church, New York
Large ensemble
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flute, percussion, mezzo-soprano, violin, cello.
Commissioned by Frontiers New Music Ensemble.
Premiere: November 25, 2014 | Mary Fukushima-Kirkendoll (flute) and Frontiers New Music Ensemble | Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK. (Click here for audio link)
noises and tiny-bluish yellow lights
flute, clarinet, harp, percussion, cello.
Premiere: July 14, 2014 | ECCE ensemble, Jean Philippe Wurtz (conductor) | 2014 Etchings Festival | Auvillar, France
soprano+percussion, 2 violins, viola, cello, double-bass.
Commissioned by Qara Qarayev International Contemporary Music Festival.
Premiere: March 23, 2013 | Ensemble Cafe Momus, conducted by Thanapol Setabrahmana | Cohen Family Studio Theater, University of Cincinnati | Cincinnati, OH. (Click here for audio/video link)
flute, oboe, bass clarinet, trumpet, piano, percussion, 2 violins, viola, cello, double-bass.
Premiere: October 7, 2012 | Contemporary Music Ensemble of Boston University, conducted by Theodore Antoniu | TSAI Performance Center, Boston, MA | ALEA III International Composition Competition
Opalescence (1)
flute/alto flute, trombone, 2 percussion, viola
Premiere: June 23, 2012 | Ensemble Sans Maitre | Tenri Cultural Institute, New York | Music of Drake Andersen and Turkar Gasimzada
flute/alto flute, trombone, 2 percussion ensembles, cello
Premiere: April 5, 2013 | Terence Teow, Tyler Bentley, Kivie Cahn Lipman, CCM Percussion Ensemble, conducted by James Culley | Patricia Corbett Theater, University of Cincinnati | Cincinnati, OH | CCM Percussion Ensemble Concert. (Click here for audio/video link)
flute, clarinet, trombone, percussion (1), violin, viola, cello.
Premiere: November 23, 2009 | Caitlyn Phillips (flute), Felix Behringer (clarinet), Timothy Robinson (trombone), Alyson Rzessotarski (percussion), Joshua Modney (violin), Victor Lowrie (viola), John Popham (cello), conducted by Elliot Moore | Manhattan School of Music, New York
(mi)niature
bass clarinet, marimba, cello, piano.
Premiere: October 9, 2009 |Lisa Premiesberger (bass clarinet), Jude Traxler (marimba), Mariel Roberts (cello), Anne Rainwater (piano) | Manhattan School of Music, New York
tursh gilenar dadli fikirler
flute, clarinet, trombone, percussion, violin, viola, cello
Comissioned by Culturescapes Festival.
Premiere: November 17, 2009 |Sergei Yelizarov (flute), Merkurio Karalis (clarinet), Samuel Price (trombone), Mihaela Despa (percussion), Irina Gintova (violin), Anton Vilkhov (viola), Hye Ri Kim (cello), Svatislava Luchenko (conductor) | Culturescapes Festival, Zurich, Switzerland
Nar’s Dream
short chamber opera for soprano, baritone, flute, guitar, harpsichord
Premiere: December 19, 2008 | Contempo Ensemble | Baku, Azerbaijan
music for 8 instruments
flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, 2 violins, viola, cello
Premiere: November 8, 2007 | Omnibus Contemporary Music Ensemble, conducted by Artyom Kim | Ilkhom Theatre Hall, Tashkent, Uzbekistan | “Omnibus Labaratorium” Festival of Contemporary Music
small ensemble(2 to 4 performers)
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flute, clarinet, cello, piano
Commissioned by ECCE Ensemble.
Premiere: February 20, 2017 | ECCE Ensemble | Boston Athenaeum, ECCE: An Evening of Social Justice | Boston, MA. (Click here for audio/video link)
Sternbild.Frau im Bad.Sternbild
violin, piano
Commissioned by Saida Zulfugarova and Elvira di Bona.
Premiere: July 1, 2015 | Elvira di Bona (violin), Saida Zulfugarova (piano) | “Les images accordees”, l’Université Paris-Sorbonne, Amphithéâtre Richelieu | Paris, France
19 fragile constructions
prepared santoor, percussion, electronics
Commissioned by Allen Otte.
Premiere of 5 constructions: June 11, 2016 | Örebro Contemporary Music Festival | Orebro, Sweden.
Exit Strategies
oboe, 2 pianos, cello
Commissioned by NEUAR Ensemble.
Premiere: May 18, 2015 | NEUAR Ensemble, The Grieg Academy | Bergen, Norway. (Click here for audio/video link)
Anamorphic Objects
saxophone quartet
Commissioned by Cortona Sessions for New Music.
Premiere: July 4, 2014 | Cortona Sessions Saxophone Quartet | Cortona Sessions for New Music | Cortona, Italy. (Click here for audio link)
flute, guitar
Commissioned by Qara Qarayev Festival.
Premiere: May 31, 2014 | Martha Cargo (flute), Jordan Dodson (guitar) | Tenri Cultural Institute of New York | New York, USA | Concert of Ensemble Sans Maitre. (Click here for audio link)
yarpaqlarda aghajin tekrari
alto saxophone, percussion
Premiere: November 19, 2013 | Lindsey Jacob (alto saxophone), Tyler Niemeyer | University of Cincinnati, Cohen Family Studio Theater | Cincinnati, OH
bu akhsham, qushlar
soprano, clarinet
Commissioned by NOISE-BRIDGE duo.
Premiere: April 30, 2011 | Christie Finn (soprano), Felix Behringer (clarinet) | First Presbyterian Church, New York | “Constellations”: The Music of Drake Andersen and Turkar Gasimzada. (Click here for audio link)
2 sehrbaz
for two double-basses
Premiere: November 22, 2010 | Andrew Roitstein, Gregory Chudzik | Manhattan School of Music, New York
Electronics
Absheron, illusions
8 channels audio installation
Premiere: November 19, 2013 | University of Cincinnati, Cohen Family Theater | “Sonic Explorations” concert of electronic music | Cincinnati, OH
for Almut Kuhne
voice, video and live electronics
Premiere: October 9, 2012 | Almut Kuhne (soprano), Turkar Gasimzada (electronics), Benjamin Schindler (video) | Dresden, Germany
Qüinar, Tonlagen Festival of Contemporary Music
arrangements
Capriccio BWV 992 by Johann Sebastian Bach
for flute and guitar
Premiere: TBD
Lachin (Azerbaijani folk tune)
for soprano and piano
Premiere: March 23, 2010 | Nani Füting (soprano), Reiko Füting (piano) | The Kosciuszko Foundation Concert Hall, New York, NY