E v e n t s
Mai 22, 2025
Richard Strauss, Vier letzte Lieder (Four Last Songs)
The Final Breath of the Neo-Romantic Wave: Ideology and Music,
Influence of Social and Public Processes on Culture
The 3rd Baku Contemporary Music Days Festival
Lecture at the Azerbaijan State Museum of Musical Culture
Mai 20, 2025
Şəfəq / Aurora
Instrumentales Musiktheater for soloist (accordion), vocal quartet,
chamber orchestra with fixed media and children with disabilities
Niyazi State Symphony Orchestra, cond. Javad Tagizade
The 3rd Baku Contemporary Music Days Festival
Azerbaijan State Theatre of Young Spectators
Mai 1, 2025
Üzeyir Hajibeyli and the Evolution of Opera in Azerbaijan
On the Occasion of the 140th Anniversary of the Composer
Lecture at the Baku Music Academy
Apr 28, 2025
Üzeyir Hajibeyli and the Evolution of Opera in Azerbaijan
On the Occasion of the 140th Anniversary of the Composer
Lecture at Azerbaijan National Conservatory
Apr 12, 2025
Five pieces for piano
Humay Qasımzadə (piano)
CD release concert
Museum Centetr Baku / Azerbaijan
October 4, 2024
Five pieces for piano
Olga Domnina (piano)
"Colour Palettes" project
International Mugham Center of Azerbaijan
Sep 19, 2024
Allegoria Sacra
for two performers with fixed media & videoinstallation
Aiken Aitbay (violin) & Eleonora Kotlibulatova (piano)
Ballhaus Wedding Berlin / Germany
Juni 30, 2024
Five pieces for piano
Olga Domnina (piano)
"Colour Palettes" project
Accademia Filarmonica Romana/ Italy
Mai 25, 2024
“Die schwerfälligste ästhetische Erfahrung
von der verschwundene Lärm der Schönheit”
Sinfonie for violin and chamber orchestra
Cadenza Contemporary Orchestra
cond. Ghyas Zeidieh, Gleb Khokhlov (violin)
“2nd Baku Contemporary Music Days“ Festival
Azerbaijan State Philharmonic Hall
Mai 24, 2024
“B.A.Zimmermann, 'Music for King Ubu's Dinner'
as a Postmodern Manifesto. A brief overview
of German music of the second half of the 20th century”
Lecture at the Azerbaijan State University of Culture and Arts
Apr 19, 2024
Five pieces for piano
Olga Domnina (piano)
"Colour Palettes" project
Studion Umeå Folkets Hus / Sweden
Apr 19, 2024
“Igor Stravinsky’s 'Les Noces' and the
Archetypal Beginning of Russian Music"
Lecture at Museum Center Baku/ Azerbaijan
Feb 3, 2024
Five pieces for piano
Olga Domnina (piano)
"Colour Palettes" project
Fellows Auditorium, Homerton College
University of Cambridge / UK
Dec 16, 2023
Five pieces for piano
Olga Domnina (piano)
Museo Diocesano di Palermo / Italy
"To east or not to east? But Europe!"
Nov 8/10, 2023
The WELL Short Fiction Film, directed by Rufat Ray
(original soundtrack Elmir Mirzoev)
The FilmFestival Cottbus / Germany
Nov 5, 2023
Allegoria Sacra for two performers with fixed media & videoinstallation
Aiken Aitbay (violin) & Eleonora Kotlibulatova (piano)
Konferenzzentrum Schluefweg, Zürich / Switzerland
"Seven Diamonds" Project
June 21, 2023
Ritual II for canon and 4 persuccionist
Cadenza Contemporary Orchestra
cond. Eyyub Quliyev, Natavan Hasanova (canon)
International Mugham Center of Azerbaijan
"Space of Mugam", The 6th International Music Festival
Mai 25, 2023
The place of modern Azerbaijani composer
music in the context of World Music
Lecture at the 1st Baku Contemporary Music Days
November 16, 2022
Epitaph for piano trio & recording
Azerbaijan State Piano Trio
Cadenza Contemporary Orchestra
International Mugham Center of Azerbaijan
October 27, 2022
Signs of a new era in Soviet music.
Music in the mirror of "meditation":
the work of composers in the 1970-80s.
Lecture at the Azerbaijan State Museum of Musical Culture
October 26, 2022
100 years of the 'Symphony of Sirens' of Arseny Avraamov
Lecture at the Azerbaijan State Museum of Musical Culture
October 20, 2022
Portrait Concert
Cadenza Contemporary Orchestra
cond. Orkhan Hashimov
Farida Mamedova / Islama Abdullayeva (soprano)
Rovshan Mamedkuliev (guitar)
Nazaket Sura (qanun)
International Mugham Center of Azerbaijan
September 25, 2022
Epitaph for piano trio & recording
Azerbaijan State Piano Trio
Uzeyir Hajibeyli XIV International Music Festival
Deutsche Kirche Baku/ Azerbaijan
Februar 26, 2022
Epitaph for piano trio & recording
WP: Marketa Janouskova (violin)
Christian Standridge (cello)
Fidan Aghayeva-Edler (piano)
Volkshaus Zürich/ Switzerland
Februar 4, 2022
for two performers with multimedia
Julia Suh (violin) & Humay Gasimzade (piano/percussion)
MISE-EN_PLACE, New York/ USA
December 17, 2021
Die Flucht aus der Zeit
for soprano and symphony orchestra
Üzeyir Hacıbəyli Azerbaijan State Symphony Orchestra
cond. Fuad Ibrahimov
Azerbaijan State Philharmonic Hall
March 22, 2021
Fayum Portraits I for 4 musicians & recording
bass fl. (or flute), perc., hrp., vcl. and tape
Seatlle Chamber Players Ensemble
On radio program Flotation Device on KBCS-FM in Seattle
To honor the late Paul Taub
Januar 22, 2021
Modernity and the Archaic:
20th Century Azerbaijani Music Culture
in the context of Three Empires
Project presentation at the
Forum Transregionale Studien, Berlin/ Germany
November 9, 2019
for clarinet/bass cl., viola and piano
Ensemble TaG, Donna Louise Molinari (cl.),
David Schnee (viola) and Rafael Rütti (piano)
Theater am Gleis, Winterthur/ Switzerland
Hommage à Villa Sträuli
October 23, 2019
Underground of Soviet Era
Dmitri Shostakovich, ''Antiformal Rayok'
Lecture at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin/ Germany
September 28, 2019
Candentia I for 7 performers
and Interwiev for "Cinema - Kino für die Ohren"
Broadcast by BR-Klassik (Bayerischer Rundfunk)
Author Antonia Goldhammer
July 15, 2019
Baku as a Macabre Space: İçərişəhər (Old city), Oilfields and Salt Lakes.
Aesthetics of the Absurd: Filmscreening: 'All for the Best' by Vagif Mustafayev
Presentation at the "Workshop: Baku in Soviet- and Post-Soviet Culture"
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin/ Germany
Mai 15, 2019
Baku urban landscape of the 20th century through the prism of cinema
Lecture at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin/ Germany
April 5, 2019
Gramophone Records of the Early 20th Century
in Azerbaijan and its Impact on the Art of Music
Lecture at the workshop "Beginnings and Legacies
of Recording Technologies in the Eastern Mediterranean"
Forum Transregionale Studien, Berlin/ Germany
March 22, 2019
Music of the Sixties: 60 Years Later
Panel discussion on the conference in
The State Institute for Art Studies Moscow/ Russia
March 21, 2019
Socialist Realism and Romantic Nationalism in the Same Crucible:
Opera 'Koroğlu' by Uzeyir Hajibeyov
Lecture at the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory/ Russia
Februar 18, 2019
Allegoria Sacra for two performers with fixed media & videoinstallation
Milen Maksimov (violin) and Lili Bogdanova (piano)
Chamber hall „България“ of Sofia Philharmony/ Bulgaria
Februar 18, 2019
Music of Azerbaijan: History and Modernity
Lecture at the Chamber hall „България“
of Sofia Philharmony/ Bulgaria
Juni 11, 2018
"Шифр Караева". Ein sowjetischer Komponist unter Bourgeoisie-Verdacht:
Das Schaffen Kara Karaevs im Prisma der Dodekaphonie
Lecture at the Institut für Slawistik und Hungarologie /
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin/ Germany
Juni 6, 2018
Das Bild Zentralasiens in der russischen Musik
Lecture at the Institut für Asien- und Afrikawissenschaften /
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin/ Germany
Juni 4, 2018
Arseny Avraamov, 'Symphony of Sirens'.
Ein sowjetischer Komponist nimmt die Musique concrète vorweg
Lecture at the Institut für Slawistik und Hungarologie /
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin/ Germany
Mai 28, 2018
Sozialistischer Realismus und Nationalromantik im gleichen Schmelztiegel:
80 Jahre Oper 'Koroğlu' von Uzeyir Hadschibejow
Lecture at the Institut für Slawistik und Hungarologie /
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin/ Germany
March 23, 2018
The socialist-industrial-architectural utopia of 1920/50 in Baku: Today
Lecture at the 16th East-West-European Memorial Seminar
International Meeting Place Krzyżowa/Kreisau/ Poland
Januar 17, 2018
Sozialistischer Realismus und Nationalromantik im gleichen Schmelztiegel:
80 Jahre Oper 'Koroğlu' von Uzeyir Hadschibejow
Lecture at the Institut für Slawistik und Hungarologie /
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin/ Germany
December 12, 2017
Street Art: between art and protest
Penal discussion on Project led by ZOiS
Zentrum für Osteuropa- und internationale Studien
Berlin/ Germany
April 9, 2017
Candentia I for 7 performers
and Interwiev for "Cinema - Kino für die Ohren"
Broadcast by BR-Klassik (Bayerischer Rundfunk)
Author Antonia Goldhammer
Januar 19, 2017
Symbolic Triangular Silence for 3 performers
Nizami Zeynalov (clarinet & bass cl.), Rovshan Mamedov (guitar) and Samir Mirzoev (piano)
Broadcast by Azerbaijan Radio
December 21, 2016
Allegoria Sacra for two performers with fixed media & videoinstallation
Elvira Di Bona (violin) and Saida Zufugarova (piano)
Università degli Studi dell'Aquila/ Italy
October 15, 2016
"Aus dem Leben eines Lagerinsassen"
Article in the Tagesspiegel newspaper
May 5, 2016
Five styles for piano
Yuri Sayutkin (piano)
International 11th Pera Piano Festival
Pera Multıpurpuse Stage, Istanbul/ Turkey
April 24, 2016
Allegoria Sacra for two performers with fixed media & videoinstallation
Ensemble Senza Sforzando, Yevhen Talko (violin)
Oleksandr O. Perepelytsia (piano)
Two Days and Two Nights of New Music 22 International Festival of Modern Art
Grand Hall of Odessa Odessa Regional Phiharmonic/ Ukraine
April 18, 2016
Todesfuge Instrumental MusikTheater for 2 soprano and 2 double base with percussion
Fayum Portraits I for bass fl. perc., hrp., vcl. & tape
Die Flucht aus der Zeit for sopr., 3 soloists and ensemble
L'identification de la vengeance d'Eurydice Instrumental MusikTheater for bass fl./fl. and 4 perc.
Presentation of works by Elmir Mirzoev
Max-Kade-Saal , Berlin/ Germany
March 10, 2016
Die Flucht aus der Zeit for sopr., 3 soloists and ensemble
L'identification de la vengeance d'Eurydice Instrumental MusikTheater for bass fl./fl. and 4 perc.
Le complexe de Caïn Instrumental MusikTheater for contrabass cl., sopr., fl., perc., hrf and vcl.
Presentation of works by Elmir Mirzoev
Prof. Maka Virsaladze (modeation)
V.Sarajishvili Tbilisi State Conservatoire/ Georgia
March 2, 2016
L'identification de la vengeance d'Eurydice
Instrumental Theater for cond., fl., 4 perc. & multimedia
Fuad Ibrahimov (cond., as Zeus), Alexei Smirnov (staging),
Nagiz Aliyeva (flute solo, as Eurydice) and perc. ensemble
"Defectos escogidos I" from "Zamanla üz-üzə" project
Azerbaijan State Theatre of Young Spectators, Baku/ Azerbaijan
February 25, 2016
5 styles for piano
White Circles for clarinet and violin
Allegoria Sacra for two performers with fixed media & videoinstallation
Lela Mtchedlidze (violin), Mariam Mamadashvili (violin)
Shota Gogodze (clarinet), Tamuna Zhvania (piano), Nino Jvania (piano)
"Flight Out of Time" project
poetry by Günel Mövlud & music by Elmir Mirzoev
National Parliamentary Library of Georgia/ Tbilisi
September 25, 2015
"Mine, Yours, Ours: Local Authenticity and Cultural Diversity as a Bridge for Reconciliation in the Southern Caucasus“
Presentations and penal discussion on International Conference on Media and Culture
led by Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and DAAD
Prestige Palace Hotel, Tbilisi, Georgia
June 6, 2015
A game with Rosaries for symphony orchestra
"Kharkiv contemporary - 2015" International Festival
Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Kharkiv Philharmonic, cond. Volodymyr Runchak
The Hall of House of the Kharkiv Philharmonic/ Ukraine
June 1, 2015
Allegoria Sacra for two performers with fixed media & videoinstallation (WP)
"Les Images accordées" project
Elvira Di Bona (violin) and Saida Zufugarova (piano)
l'Université Paris-Sorbonne, Amphithéâtre Richelieu, Paris/ France
April 20, 2015
Compositions Workshop & Lecture
Faraj Karaevs monoopera "Journey to Love" (1978)
Prof. Nino Jvania (modeation)
V.Sarajishvili Tbilisi State Conservatoire/ Georgia
April 18, 2015
Five styles for Piano
Nino Jvania (piano)
“Musical identity and cultural crossroad” International Musicological Conference
V.Sarajishvili Tbilisi State Conservatoire/ Georgia
March 16, 2015
ReAKSİYA for bass cl., perc., piano & tape
4th International Mugham Festival
International Mugam Centre, Baku/ Azerbaijan
December 26, 2014
A Game with Rosaries for symphony orchestra (WP)
Ü. Hajibeyli Azerbaijan State Symphonic Orchestra, conductor Volodymyr Runchak
Azerbaijan State Philharmonic Hall
Baku/ Azerbaijan
November 21-22, 2014
Lectures organized by Goethe-Institut
"Totalitarismus und Avantgarde im Fokus der europäischen Kunst des XX Jahrhunderts"
Kapellhaus Deutsch-Aserbaidschanischer Kulturverein
Baku/ Azerbaijan
May 4, 2014
Samir Mirzoev's Recital
Akdeniz University, Ataturk Grand Hall
Antalya/ Turkey
April 19, 2014
"WWI and its influence on Art"
Lectures organized by Musavat Party
Baku/ Azerbaijan
December 27, 2013
Illusory perception of the destroyed world of anarchy for bass flute, 4 musicians & tape
Studio for New Music Ensemble Moscow, conductor Igor Dronov
Concert-Portrait of Faraj Karaev
Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory, Rakhmaninov Hall
Moscow/ Russia
November 23, 2013
Illusory perception of the destroyed world of anarchy for bass flute, 4 musicians & tape
Symbolic Triangular Cross for clarinet/bass cl., viola and piano
Visions and Echo for 7 musicians
Ensemble TaG, conductor Benedikt Hayoz
"Bitterer Mond", Theater am Gleis
Winterthur/ Switzerland
November 19, 2013
Unnamed (ideal) conceptual video-art project
Symbolic Triangular Cross for clarinet/bass cl., viola and piano (WP)
Meet the artist: Elmir Mirzoev (Azerbaijan)
Ensemble TaG
Villa Sträuli
Winterthur/ Switzerland
Juli 1- November 30, 2013
Artists-in-Residence at the Villa Sträuli
Winterthur/ Switzerland
April 21, 2013
Illusory perception of the destroyed world of anarchy for bass flute, 4 musicians & tape
Ensemble Senza Sforzando
Two Days and Two Nights of New Music Festival
Odessa/ Ukraine
April 16, 2013
Le complexe de Caïn for contrabass clarinet and 4 protagonists (WP)
Qara Qarayev V International Festival of Contemporary Music
Rashid Behbudov's State Musical Theatre
Baku/ Azerbaijan
November 22, 2012
Die Vergänglichkeit der Zustände des Phönix-Mythos (WP) for bass clarinet, double bass with ensemble & elektronic (WP)
Jubiläum 10 Jahre Ensemble Reconsil
Ensemble Reconsil, conductor Roland Freisitzer
Arnold Schönberg Center Wien
Vienna/ Austria
October 13, 2012
Die schwerfälligste ästhetische Erfahrung von der verschwundene Lärm der Schönheit
Sinfonia for violin and chamber orchestra
Academic Chamber Orchestra "Lviv Virtuosos", Lidiya Futorska violin, conductor Volodymyr Runchak
ХVІІІ International Contemporary Music Festival “Contrasts”, Past and Presens
Lviv Philharmonic, S. Lyudkevych Concert Hall
Lviv/ Ukraine
October 7-9, 2012
International workshop for young composers
TonLagen – Dresdner Festival der zeitgenössischen Musik
Dresden/ Germany
December 9, 2011
Unnamed (ideal) conceptual video-art project
“WMD – Weapons of Mass Destruction” Project
Contemporary Art Center Baku
Baku/ Azerbaijan
November 12, 2011
Fayum Protraits I for 4 musicians & tape
CD Recording, "Edge: Flute Music from the Periphery of Europe"
Paul Taub & Seattle Chamber Players Ensemble
Seattle/ USA
October 13, 2011
"Soviet education - the reality and myths"
Lectures organized by Free Through University
Free Through University
Baku/ Azerbaijan
July 11, 2011
Five styles for Piano
Nantucket Island Arts and Music Summer Festival
Barbara Podgurski (piano)
Nantucket Island/ USA
Mai 1, 2011
Fayum Protraits I for 4 musicians & tape
Seattle Chamber Players Ensemble
Town Hall
Seattle/ USA
April 7, 2011
Qara Qarayev IV International Festival of Contemporary Music
L'identification de la vengeance d'Eurydice (WP)
Instrumental MusikTheater for bass flute and 4 percussionist (WP)
Beatrix Wagner (flute) and Freiburg Percussion Ensemble, cond. Bernhard Wulff
Azerbaijan State Philharmonic Hall
Baku/ Azerbaijan
March 12, 2011
Die schwerfälligste ästhetische Erfahrung von der verschwundene Lärm der Schönheit (WP)
Sinfonia for violin and chamber orchestra
"Zamanla üz-üzə II" contemporary music project
Qara Qarayev State Chamber orchestra, Lidiya Futorska violin, conductor Volodymyr Runchak
Azerbaijan State Philharmonic Hall
Baku/ Azerbaijan
March 5, 2011
Five styles for Piano
Barbara Podgurski (piano)
Steinway Reformed Church
New York/ USA
Juni 15 - October 15, 2010
"Totalitarismus und Avantgarde im Fokus der europäischen Kunst des XX Jahrhunderts"
Research at the The LISZT SCHOOL of Music
The Scientific Director Albrecht von Massow, PhD. Professor
Weimar/ Germany
April 10, 2010
Die Flucht aus der Zeit for soprano, 3 soloists and chamber orchestra
Sylvia Nopper (soprano) and National symphony Orchestra of Georgia, conductor Ruben Asatryan
Convergence Festival
Georgian National Music Center
Tbilisi/ Georgia
March 19, 2010
Illumination for orchestra
Ü. Hajibeyli Azerbaijan State Symphony Orchestra, conductor Rauf Abdullayev
Azerbaijan State Philharmonic Hall
Baku/ Azerbaijan
November 22, 2009
Gülshen Annaghiyeva, piano
Culturescapes Festival
Dampfzentrale
Bern/ Switzerland
November 20, 2009
Gülshen Annaghiyeva, piano
Gare du Nord
Basel/ Switzerland
April 5, 2009
Samir Mirzoev, piano
12th ppIANISSIMO Festival of Contemporary Piano Music
Bulgarian National Radio's concert studio
Sofia/ Bulgaria
Februar 24, 2009
Illusory perception of the destroyed world of anarchy for bass flute, 4 musicians & tape
Ensemble Con Tempo
'...about death, life after death and life in love'
The Hajibeyov Baku Music Academy
Baku/ Azerbaijan
Januar 25, 2009
Illusory perception of the destroyed world of anarchy for bass flute, 4 musicians & tape (WP)
Seattle Chamber Players Ensemble
A journey down today’s Silk Road Project
Town Hall
Seattle/ USA
September 26, 2008
Fayum Portraits I for 4 musicians & tape
"Visuals/ Über Zeit IV"
NicolaiKirche
Eckernförde/ Germany
August 15, 2008
Illumination for orchestra (WP)
Young Euro Classic Festival
Young Philharmony Azerbaijan, conductor Fuad Ibrahomov
Berlin/ Germany
June 20, 2008
White Circles for clarinet and violin
Ensemble Con Tempo
Kulturjahr von Aserbaidschan in Deutschland 2008
München/ Germany
June 3, 2008
Intra Cancellos for chamber ensemble
Studio for New Music Ensemble Moscow, conductor Igor Dronov
90th Anniversary of Kara Karayev
Azerbaijan State Philharmonic Hall
Baku/ Azerbaijan
April 19, 2008
Five styles for Piano
Two Days and Two Nights of New Music Festival
Oleksandr Perepelytsya, piano
Philharmonic Hall
Odessa/ Ukraine
March 7, 2008
25 year without Kara Karaev Festival
The Hajibeyli Azerbaijan State Symphony Orchestra, cond. Fakhraddin Kerimov
Azerbaijan State Philharmonic Hall
Baku/ Azerbaijan
January 20, 2008
ReAKSIYA for bass clarinet, percussion, piano & tape
Ensemble Con Tempo, Nizami Zeynalov bass clarinet
5th Mediterranean Contemporary Music Days
Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, State Conservatory Hall
Istanbul/ Turkey
December 16, 2007
Intra Cancellos for chamber ensemble
Ensemble Reconsil, cond. Roland Freisitzer
Wiener Konzerthaus, Berio Saal
Vienna/ /Austria
November 22, 2007
Candentia I for 7 musicians
Ensemble at Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln, cond. Fuad Ibrahimov
Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln, Kammermusiksaal
Cologne/ /Germany
November 15, 2007
Fayum Portraits I for 4 musicians & tape
Ensemble Con Tempo
Alte Deutsche Kirche
Baku/ Azerbaijan
October 16 - Januar 16, 2007
Assistaint at composition department of Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln
The Scientific Director York Höller, PhD. Professor
Colocne/ Germany
October 27, 2007
Ritual I for marimba solo and 3 percussionists
Mark Pekarsky Ensemble of Percussion Instruments
International contemporary music festival MOSCOW AUTUMN
Moscow State Philharmonic Hall
Moscow/ Russia
October 7, 2007
Candentia II for chamber orchestra (WP)
Qara Qarayev State Chamber orchestra, conductor Volodymyr Runchak
"Zamanla üz-üzə I" Project
Azerbaijan State Philharmonic Hall
Baku/ Azerbaijan
June 15, 2007
7 minutes for Orchestra
The Hajibeyli Azerbaijan State Symphony Orchestra, conductor Fahrettin Kerimov
The opening ceremony of the festival held by Union of Composers of Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan State Philharmonic Hall
Baku/ Azerbaijan