Iraida Yusupova was born in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, and graduated from Moscow Conservatory with a degree in composition in 1987. She has written and composed 3 operas, 2 symphonies, 6 cantatas, 3 instrumental concerts, and a great deal of chamber music, electro-acoustic music, and music for cinema and theater spanning over the late eighties to the present day. Her various styles include minimalism, serialism, and several progressive new age styles. Her music has been performed in Germany, Austria, France, Italy, Sweden, Belgium, USA, Switzerland, Turkey and Hungary. In 2001, certain independent Moscow journalists made her among the top 10 most notable modern Russian composers.