Aisha Orazbayeva Explained

Aisha Orazbayeva
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Origin:Kazakhstan
Genre:Classical music
Occupation:Violinist

Aisha Orazbayeva (Kazakh: Aısha Orazbaeva|link=no, born 1985) is a violinist from Kazakhstan. She also writes and has had plays broadcast on the radio.[1] She gained notice for her performance of Salvatore Sciarrino's Italian: Sei Capricci.[2]

Orazbayeva collaborated with computer music composer Peter Zinovieff on a violin concerto Our Too, premiered at London Contemporary Music Festival in 2014.[3]

In 2014 composer Bryn Harrison wrote Receiving the Approaching Memory, a 40-minute work for violin and piano, for Orazbayeva and pianist Mark Knoop.[4] An album version was released in 2015.[5]

Notes and References

  1. News: Aisha Orazbayeva: New Face. 5 October 2011. The Daily Telegraph. London. 31 January 2016.
  2. News: How a young Kazakh violinist dared to take on Sciarrino's Caprices – and won. Tom Service. Tom Service. The Guardian. 30 September 2010 . 31 January 2016.
  3. Web site: Barry. Robert. 2016-08-17. Interview: Lucy Railton & Peter Zinovieff. 2020-09-05. The Quietus.
  4. Web site: Harrison. Bryn. Bryn Harrison. 2014. Receiving the Approaching Memory (2014), work details. University of Huddersfield.
  5. News: Molleson. Kate. 2016-07-14. Harrison: Receiving the Approaching Memory CD review – a perfect slice of gossamer music. The Guardian. 2020-09-05.