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elmir mirzoev
 non_vocal_instrumentalist 16 november 1970 contemporary music elmir mirzoev.jpg azerbaijan baku , azerbaijan elmir mirzoev azerbaijani jazz musician , composer , conductor , arranger
elmir mirzoev

elmir mirzoev -lrb- -rrb- -- an azerbaijani composer of contemporary classical music , also publicist and researcher in culturology `` elmir mirzoev '' is azerbaijani composer of mostly orchestral , chamber and vocal pieces that have been performed in europe , cis countries and turkey , usa and mexico , far east and japan , also active in the promotion of new music and the organizer of the contemporary music festivals in azerbaijan .
he studied at the azerbaijan state conservatory from 1989-1994 , in the composition class of faraj garayev .
since 1998 , has taught in the composition department at the baku music academy .
from 1995-2005 he was artistic director of the `` initiative center of contemporary music - ensemble sonor '' ; organized more 20 international cultural projects since 1994 .
participated in an international composition course in 1994 led by james dillon and ole lützhow-holm at the university of gothenburg ; in 1999 in the `` v international young composers meeting in apeldoorn '' led by louis andriessen , `` martin padding '' and `` michael smetanin '' ; in 2004 was a participant of composition seminar at hochschule für musik franz liszt weimar led by michael obst and reinhard wolschina , in 2006 in stockhausen courses in kürten .
from 2007-2008 taught as an assistant to prof. york höller at the musikhochschule köln ; from 2010 taught as an assistant to prof. alexander von masslow at the hochschule für musik franz liszt .
from july -- december 2013 - artist in residence as composer in villa sträuli , wintenthur , switzerland .
