caption website years_active birth_place article_title name background birth_date instrument genre image origin birth_name occupation
akbar with her piano before the concert -lsb- http://www.anjelikaakbar.com/ akbar 's official site -rsb- 1987-present karaganda , kazakh ssr , soviet union anjelika akbar
 anjelika akbar non_vocal_instrumentalist 1969 piano classical anjelika akbar.jpg jewish angelika akbar musician , composer , concert pianist
anjelika akbar

anjelika akbar -lrb- born 1969 in karaganda , kazakh ssr , soviet union -rrb- is a turkish composer and pianist .
she was born anjelika rosenbaum to a jewish family .
she could play the piano and read music at the age of 2,5 .
akbar began taking private piano lessons when she became 3 years old .
her first master was v.lipovetsky , one of the founders of chinese harbin conservatory and a teacher at the moscow conservatory .
at the age of 4 , she was discovered to possess the absolute pitch , and admitted to the school for gifted children -lrb- child prodigies -rrb- at the age of 4.5 , drawing the interest of the moscow state conservatory academicians .
she continued her education at the tashkent division of the same school .
-lrb- uspkensky state music school - offering 11 year-education for gifted children -rrb- .
the unique trait of the school for gifted children was that lessons were taught by the most brilliant professors of the conservatory .
like the world-renowned alexei sultanov and stanislav ioudenitch , akbar has claimed her place among the best students of the school .
she studied her 11-year-long piano and composition in the classes of ass .
prof. v. fadeyeva , prof. a. berlin and prof. b. zeydman of the st. petersburg state conservatory .
soon after akbar entered tashkent state conservatory where she studied composition , orchestration and piano for additional 5 years to complete her education .
russian board of composers has recognized her as the `` best young composer '' .
she has become a member of ukraine branch of the board in 2006 .
affiliating with the board facilitates the composer members publishing their works or performing in concerts , also meant for its members to merit the title of `` honorary artist '' rewarded by the ministry of culture .
akbar completed her master 's degree in composition and orchestral conductor in turkey where she arrived as a unesco member and stayed permanently , having been naturalised as a turkish citizen , and receiving the `` degree for proficiency in art '' after submitting her thesis in the class of ass .
prof. turgay erdener on the subject of russian composer a. skriabin 's `` analysis of selected piano works in harmonic , melodic , rhythmic , formal and philosophical aspects '' and composing `` symphony no. 1 '' in hacettepe state conservatory .
-lrb- `` proficiency in art '' is the equivalent of doctorate for composers . -rrb-
she has been working with composer ali darmar since 2003 .
akbar recorded her first album `` su '' -lrb- water -rrb- featuring her preludes in 1999 .
a first in the world , the solo piano adaptation of vivaldi 's `` four seasons '' violin concertos was published by sony music international in 2002 , making its way to the sony classical catalogue as the first ever turkish classical music album in the catalogue .
again in 2002 , anjelika akbar co-performed the `` bir 'd en bir ' e '' album with rana erkan and zara .
she performed `` bach a l' orientale '' album in 2003 .
she comments on this album fusing bach works with oriental instruments : `` this is not a musical experience , but the basic need of a newly formed world .
i wanted the people to be embraced by each other 's music , before embracing each other . ''
`` bir yudum su '' -lrb- a drop of water -rrb- , an album including the artist 's compositions and arrangements was released in november , 2005 .
she performed the piano concerto no. 1 titled `` sevgi Çemberi '' -lrb- circle of love -rrb- the world premiere during the introductory concert of 10th international crr -lrb- cemal reşit rey -rrb- piano festival .
her symphonic poem `` kutsal İmler '' -lrb- sacred signs -rrb- composed for ` indian instruments group and symphonic orchestra ' was performed by the symphonic orchestra in the world premiere in akm , conducted by a.pirolli .
her tribute composition for atatürk , called `` güneşin doğduğu ufuk-piyano ve senfonik orkestra için rapsodi '' -lrb- horizon where the sun rises - rhapsody for piano and the symphonic orchestra -rrb- was performed by the symphonic orchestra conducted by rengim gökmen as a world premier .
anjelika akbar composed over four hundred works for the chorus , piano and other instruments with the symphonic orchestra and chamber orchestra , and performed in countless concerts in russia , france , germany , baltic countries , middle asia , india , trnc , katar and turkey .
the musical notes of the `` album for the youth '' featuring 12 compositions for the piano -lrb- anjelika akbar - rosenbaum album pour la jeunesse -rrb- was published in france , in 2006 by emr paris .
anjelika akbar is the holder of many awards , some of them are : moscow `` sobesednik '' press award ; ussr ethnic music award ; `` golden lenin award '' uzbekistan `` best young composer '' award ; ussr board of composers `` best young composer '' award ; 4th nejat eczacıbaşı composition contest `` third place prize '' anjelika akbar 's music , put in words by composer ali darmar : `` her music is extremely lyrical , mystic and melodic ; following a cosmic-rooted philosophy with a musical structure that renders all these features apparent .
she is able to employ all techniques appropriate for the content -lrb- tonal , atonal and modal at times -rrb- .
her works are notably characterized as polyrhythmic in the sense of rhythmic structure ... '' akbar was interviewed by two of turkish airlines ' official monthly `` skylife '' 's journalists julide karahan and ihsan uysal which was featured article in airline 's magazine published in november 2009 .
