List of Works
In progress
“Die Krankengeschichte”
Instrumentales Theater für Akkordeon solo mit Kammerensemble und Elektronik/Multimedia
after Irina Yasina's roman "Case Report" ("История болезни“)
2022 Epitaph (12 mins.)
for piano trio & recording
WP: 26 Februar, 2022 Volkshaus Zürich
Marketa Janouskova (violin), Christian Standridge (cello),
Fidan Aghayeva-Edler (piano)
2021 The WELL Short Fiction Film, directed by Rufat Ray
(original soundtrack Elmir Mirzoev)
2015 Allegoria Sacra (10 mins.)
for two performers & multimedia
(violin, prepared piano, glockenspiel, triangel and tibetan singing bowls)
WP: 1 June, 2015, "Les Images accordées" project
Elvira Di Bona (violin) and Saida Zulfugarova (piano)
l'Université Paris-Sorbonne, Amphithéâtre Richelieu, Paris, France
2013 Le complexe de Caïn (7 mins.)
Instrumental MusikTheater for contrabass cl., sopr., fl., perc., hrf and vcl.
Commissioned by Ensemble Accroche Note (France)
WP: Qara Qarayev V contemporary music Festival,
Ensemble Accroche Note, Baku, Azerbaijan, 14.04.2013
Rashid Behbudov's State Musical Theatre
2012 Die Vergänglichkeit der Zustände des Phönix-Mythos (15 mins.)
bass Cl. & Double bass with chamber ensemble (fl., sax., tbn., accordion, vln., vla., vcl.)
commissioned by Ensemble Reconsil (Austria)
WP: Ensemble Reconsil, cond. Roland Freisitzer, Vienna/Austria, 22.11.2012
Vienna's Arnold Schönberg Center
Transcommunication: invasion of senses (20 mins.)
Experimental film written, directed, edited and produсed by Teymur Daimi
(original soundtrack Elmir Mirzoev)
WP: Festival of contemporary art "Public art 12", 06.06.2012
Fountains Square Baku, Azerbaijan
2011 L'identification de la vengeance d'Eurydice (8 mins.)
Instrumental MusikTheater for bass fl./fl. and 4 percussionist
WP: Qara Qarayev IV contemporary music Festival,
Beatrix Wagner (flute) and Freiburg Percussion Ensemble
cond. Bernhard Wulff, Baku/Azerbaijan, 07.04.2011
Azerbaijan State Philharmonic Hall
2010 Die schwerfälligste ästhetische Erfahrung vom verschwundenen Lärm der Schönheit (26 mins.)
Sinfonie for violin and chamber orchestra
WP: “Zamanla üz-üzə” contemporary music project, Azerbaijan State Chamber Orchestra
soloist Lidiya Futorska, cond. Volodymyr Runchak, Baku/Azerbaijan, 12.03.2011
Azerbaijan State Philharmonic Hall
2009 Die Flucht aus der Zeit (12 mins.) text Hugo Ball & Alfred Meissner
for soprano, 3 soloists and ensemble
commissioned by æquatuor ensemble (Switzerland)
WP: Convergence Festival, Tiflis/Georgia, 09.04.2010
Georgian National Music Center
2008 Illusory perception of the destroyed world of anarchy (5 mins.)
for bass fl., bass cl., perc., vln., vcl. and recording
commissioned by Seattle Chamber Players Ensemble (USA)
WP: A journey down today’s Silk Road Project, Town Hall, Seattle/USA, 25.01.2009
for orchestra
commissioned by Young.Euro.Classic Festival (Germany)
WP: Young.Euro.Classic Festival, cond. Fuad Ibrahimov, Berlin/Germany, 15.08.2008
Konzerthaus Berlin
2006 Five styles for piano (12 mins.)
piano solo
commissioned by Gülshan Annagieva (Azerbaijan)
WP: Gülshan Annagieva, Moscow/Russia, 16.12.2006
Die gestorbene Zeit des Idealismus (9 mins.)
bass fl. (or flute), accordion, hrp., vcl. and tape
commissioned by Ensemble Reflexion K (Germany)
WP: Ensemble Reflexion K, Kiel/Germany, 23.09.2006
Emil Nolde Project, dedicated to the 50 anniversary of death the painter
Black room (9 mins.), movie, directed by Nonna de Gubek
(original soundtrack Elmir Mirzoev)
WP: International Audiovisual Festival, Baku/Azerbaijan, 02.11.2006
2005 Fayum Portraits II (11 mins.)
soprano, cor. anglais, teorbe (bass lute or guitar) and tape
WP: Sylvia Nopper and Duo Matthias Arter & Markus Hochuli, Baku/Azerbaijan, 19.04.2005
Fayum Portraits II Project at Baku Jazz Centre, April, 2005
Candentia II (6 mins.)
strings (6, 5, 4, 3, 1) & pno./harpsichord/glockenspiel
commissioned by Azerbaijan State Chamber Orchestra
WP: Azerbaijan State Chamber Orchestra, cond. Volodymyr Runchak, Baku/Azerbaijan, 11.10.2007
2004 Fayum Portraits I (6 mins.)
bass fl. (or flute), perc., hrp., vcl. and tape
(vibr., marimba, glockenspiel, triangle, cymbal, 3 t-toms, tam-tam, gong, bass drum)
WP: Ensemble Reflexion K, Baku/Azerbaijan, 25.06.2004
“Before the Symbol” International Mini-Festival of Contemporary Arts
2003 Ritual II (9 mins.)
for santur (Azerbaijanian string instrument) and 4 percussionist
(marimba, vibr., glockenspiel, t-bells, 2 triangles, 2 cymbals, 4 temple-blocks, 3 t-toms, 3 bongos, 2 gongs, bass drum)
commissioned by Freiburger Musikhochschule (Germany)
WP: Freiburg Percussion Ensemble, cond, Bernhard Wulff, Freiburg/Germany, 11.12.2003
30.Jubiläum des Schlagzeugensembles der Freiburger Musikhochschule
Todesfuge (10 mins.) Text by Paul Celan (1920-1970)
2 soprano & 2 double bass with percussion
(vibr.; 4 triangles; 2 glockenspiel; 2 t-bells; 2 cymbals; 2 tam-tams; 2 gongs; 2 bass drums)
commissioned by Dresdner Tage der zeitgenössischen Musik
WP: Ensemble Accroche Note & Ensemble MW2 (Poland), Dresden/Germany, 05.10.2003
17. Dresdner Tage der zeitgenössischen Musik
2002 Ritual I (10 mins.)
for marimba solo and 3 percussionist
(marimba, triangle, 2 cymbals, 2 bongos, 3 t-toms, tam-tam, gong, bass drum)
commissioned by Bernhard Wulff and Freiburg Percussion Ensemble (Germany)
WP: Freiburg Percussion Ensemble, Baku/Azerbaijan, 21.02.2003
“SoNoR Links - Dialog of Cultures” International Contemporary and Traditional Music Festival
Sarı Gəlin (5 mins.)
soprano, fl./fl. alto, guit., perc.
(vibr., t-bells, triangle, 3 t-toms, 2 bongos, cymbal, gong, bass drum)
WP: Ensemble SoNoR, Ulaanbataar/Mongolia, 10.06.2002
“Roaring Hoofs” International Festival of Actual Music
4 Songs (18 mins.)
sopr., fl./fl. alto, cl. /bass cl./balaban (azeri wind instr.), guit., 2 perc., synthes., pno., vcl. and tape
WP: Ensemble SoNoR, cond. Bernhard Wulff, Alte Deutsche Kirche, Baku/Azerbaijan, 17.02.2002
“SoNoR Links - Crossing the Ways” Festival of Contemporary Music
2001 White Circles (8 mins.)
for clarinet and violin
WP: ALEA Ensemble, Cracow/Poland, 07.06.2001
“13 Miedzynarodowe Dni Kompozytorow Krakowskich” International Festival of Contemporary Music
Symbolic Triangular Cross (12 mins.)
cl./bass cl.; vla.; pno.
WP: Ensemble TaG, Winterthur/Switzerland, 19,.11.2013
Meet the artist: Elmir Mirzoev (Azerbaijan) in Villa Sträuli
2000 Visions and Echo (12 mins.)
fl./fl. alto; cl./bass cl.; perc.; pno.; vln.; vla.; vcl.
WP: Ensemble SoNoR, cond. Peter Keuschnig, Baku/Azerbaijan, 16.09.2000
1999 Seven Minutes for Orchestra (7 mins.)
orchestra
3,3,3,3; 4,3,3,1; 4 perc.; hrp., 14,12,10,8,6
WP: Sinfonieorchester Basel, cond. Bernhard Wulff, Basel/Switzerland, 27.01. 2001
Silk Sound Road Project
Bahar (5 mins.)
bass cl., sax alto, bsn., hrn., perc., org. (or: bass fl., bass cl., bsn., hrn., perc., vln., vla., vcl.)
commissioned by French Embassy in Baku
WP: Paul Wehage (sax.) and small ensemble, Baku/Azerbaijan, 19.03.1999
French & Azeri Contemporary Music Project
Impromptu (3 mins.)
fl./fl.picc., cl./bass cl., 2 sax., 2 hrn., trp., 2 tbn., perc., el.guit.. bass guit., pno.
WP: Ensemble De Ereprijs, cond. Wim Boerman, Apeldoorn/Holland, 18.02.1999
V International Young Composers Meeting
1998 JUStACRUM (10 mins.)
soprano, cl./bass cl., bsn., hrn., trp., perc., kanon (azeri string instr. or koto), pno., hrp., vcl.
WP: Ensemble SoNoR, cond. Roland Freisitzer, Baku/Azerbaijan, 18.12.1998
UN Project - 50 Years of Human Rights Declaration
Kara KARAEV (1918-1982) Preludes for piano VII, VIII, XV, XVI, XXIV (1957-65)
instr: cl./bass cl., perc., hrp., vcl.
WP: Ensemble SoNoR, Baku/Azerbaijan, 13.05.1998
80 anniversary of Kara Karaev
ReAKSIYA (6 mins.)
bass cl., perc., pno. & tape
(vibr., t-bells, triangle, 3 t-toms, 2 bongos, cymbal, gong, bass drum)
WP: Ensemble SoNoR, Tbilisi/Georgia, 20.09.1998
Edition: Stradiva Edizione Musicale (Italy)
Muğam ŞUR [notation from the Möhlet Müslimоv playing (tаr)]
Edition: “Yеni Musiqi” (Azerbaijan)
1997 Drei Reminiszenzen (15 mins.)
solo guitar
commissioned by Pro Helvetia Cultural Foundation (Switzerland)
WP: Christoph Jäggin, Winterthur/Switzerland, 26.05.1998
“…aber der Himmel bleib fern” Project
Guillaume de Machaut (1300-1377) 7 Motets (30 mins.)
instr: soprano/perc., fl./fl. alto, cl./bass cl., bsn., hrn., guit., vcl.
WP: Ensemble SoNoR, con. Masoud Kazemzad, Baku/Azerbaijan, 04.10.2004
Fayum Portraits Project
...Also, Sie sind gekommen (8 mins.)
Text by Lu Andreas Salome (1861-1937)
soprano, cl.bass/cl., perc., guit. (or vcl.), pno.
commissioned by YUĞ Theatre
WP: Ensemble SoNoR, Baku/Azerbaijan, 25.01.1997
1996 Short Exercises for Brain and Hands (15 mins.)
2 musicians with 7 instruments
(vibr., marimba, t-bells, triangle, cymbal, gong, bass drum & pno.)
commissioned by Pro Helvetia Cultural Foundation (Switzerland)
WP: Asian Music Week, Yogyakarta/Indonesia, 05.09.1999
A Game with Rosaries (18 mins.) after Herman Hesse's roman "Das Glasperlenspiel" (The Glass Bead Game)
orchestra
3,2,3,3; 4,2,3,1; 4 perc.; pno.; hrp.;14;12;10;8;6
1995 Symbolic Triangular Silence (16 mins.)
cl.bass/cl., guit., pno.
WP: Ensemble SoNoR, Baku, 25.01.1996
Edition: Edition Music Fabrik (France)
Candentia (12 mins.)
fl./fl.alto.. cl./bass cl., perc., guit., vln., vla., vcl.
WP: TaG Ensemble, cond. Fritz Voeglin, Wintenthur/Switzerland, 21.09.1995
1994 Intra Cancellos (6 mins.) for ensemble
fl./fl.picc/fl.alto, ob., cl./bass cl., bsn., trp., hrn., 2 perc., pno., 2 vln., vla., vcl.
WP: Göteborg University Ensemble, cond. Einar Nielsen, Göteborg/Sweden, 20.08.1994
Modus in Rebus (27 mins.)
for orchestra
3,3,3,3; 4,2,3,1; 4 perc.; pno.; hrp.;14;12;10;8;6
1993 Lux in Tenebris (12 mins.)
2 fl., ob./ingl. hrn., cl./bass cl., bsn., 2 hrn., trp., tbn., tuba, 2 perc., hrp.., 2 vln., vla., vcl., db
WP: Absheron Solors Ensemble, cond.Yashar Imanov, Baku/Azerbaijan, 14.04.1994
New Music: Music Today Project
1992 Sacrificium Intellectus (16 mins.)
ob., cl., hrn., org./synthes., kanon (azeri string instr.), pno., vln., vla., vcl.
recording in Baku/Azerbaijan, cond. Bayandur Mehdiev, 25.12.1993
1992 Two pieces for String Quartett (12 mins.)
for String Quartett
1991 In Trance (15 mins.)
for organ
1990 5 Pieces (15 mins.)
for piano