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Alisher Latif-Zade

Composer whose catalogue spans operas, ballets, symphonies, concertos, chamber and piano music, vocal and choral works, cinema and theatre scores, as well as extensive educational literature.

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Overview
Catalogue includes stage works, symphonic, chamber, piano, vocal & choral music, scores for cinema and theatre, and extensive educational and methodological literature.
Selected works have been performed in Europe, Central Asia, Israel and the United States, including collaborations with leading performers and international cultural institutions.
Biography

Biography

Below is a compact overview suitable for academic catalogues and concert programmes. Full press materials are available upon request.

Short profile

Alisher Latif-Zade is a composer whose work bridges Central Asian, Middle Eastern and European traditions. A graduate of the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory, he writes music ranging from opera and ballet to symphonic canvases and chamber works.

Education & early recognition

During his conservatory years, his works were already being recognised through awards and performances. Early successes were followed by continued research and long-term work on a composition treatise.

International activity

International attention grew through projects with performers, institutions and cultural organisations across Europe, Central Asia and the United States, including major concert and educational initiatives.

Today

Alongside composition, A. Latif-Zade maintains an active pedagogical practice and develops educational and methodological literature for young performers, school orchestras and ensembles.

Recognitions & Publications

Recognitions & Publications

Selected recognitions, invitations and publishers.

Recent Recognitions and Invitations

  • Head of Jury – International Composers Competition, Kosovo (2023)
  • Participant – International Scientific Conference on composer M. Ashrafi, Tashkent (2023)
  • Featured Composer – Turkish Cultural Society of Switzerland Concert, Zurich (2023)
  • Analyzed in academic paper – Sadykov A.A., on Silver Tango, Uzbekistan (2022)

Publications & Publishers

  • G. Schirmer Inc. (USA) – Circles of Time
  • Falls House Press (USA) – Eastern Sad Humoresque
  • Le Chant du Monde (France) – Supplicium, Liber Scriptus
  • New Consonant Music (Belgium) – Five Splashes–Five Senses
  • Sovetsky Kompozitor (Russia) – Humoresque
  • Dushanbe Blue Book (Tajikistan) – Chamber Works, Vol. I
Catalogue

Selected Works

The list below summarises key works across the main genres. Years and instrumentations follow academic catalogue standards; titles in non-English languages retain their original spelling.

Stage Works — Opera & Ballet

  • 2025 — Sick–Suck — pamphlet musical
  • 2023 — Qiyomat (Apocalypse) — opera in three acts and six scenes
  • 2020 — Savitri — nano-opera
  • 2018 — Fountain of Tears — ballet-oratorio
  • 2014 — The History of Laughter in Tears — opera short
Ballet / Action Projects
  • 2003 — Dervish’s Book — musical project in six chapters
  • 1999 — Manas — musical chronicle of the Great Epos

Symphonic Music

  • 2020 — Angel Wings — music installation for 35 countries
  • 2017 — Circles of Time II — for Silk Road instruments, in four movements
  • 2017 — Istiqlol 25 — for choir, folk ensemble and symphony orchestra
  • 2014 — The History of Laughter in Tears — song-opera (short)
  • 2000 — Perceptio — for violin and symphony orchestra
  • 2000 — Small Waltz for the Great Person — for symphony orchestra
  • 1999 — Music Appreciation to Felix Kulov — for symphony orchestra
  • 1998 — Balance of Harmony and Consent — for symphony orchestra
  • 1998 — Alvidoh — wreath of memory for violin, cello, bells and symphony orchestra
  • 1998 — An American in Tashkent — ragtime for symphony orchestra
  • 1998 — Vivat, France — music of friendship for piano and symphony orchestra
  • 1996 — Taronai Dil (Strings of the Heart) — for soz and symphony orchestra
  • 1995 — Sabrie — for soprano saxophone and instrumental ensemble
  • 1991 — Sound & Rhythmic — for double symphony orchestra
  • 1991 — Oriental Miniatures — Piano Concerto No. 2
  • 1989 — Liber Scriptus — symphony-concerto for strings and piano
  • 1989 — Piano Concerto No. 1 — for symphony orchestra
  • 1988 — Navo — concerto for viola and symphony orchestra
  • 1988 — Tone poem — for symphony orchestra
  • 1987 — Festive Overture — for symphony orchestra
  • 1987 — Bakhoriyet — concerto for large symphony orchestra
  • 1985 — Chamber Symphony — for strings (four movements)
  • 1985 — Violin Concerto — for violin and symphony orchestra (three movements)
  • 1982/87 — Takhir & Zukhra — tone poem for chamber orchestra
  • 8 songs — arrangements for symphony orchestra

Piano Works

  • 2018–2025 — Children’s Pieces — for 2, 4 and 6 hands
  • 2017 — HSU Suite — for four hands
  • 2016 — Sunshine in Shanghai — for four hands
  • 2016 — Romanian Counterpoint — for four hands, guitar and tape
  • 2016 — Al Sabr — for four hands
  • 2016 — Dixi-East — for four hands
  • 2016 — Golden Dreams — arrangement for four hands
  • 2016 — Made in India — for six hands
  • 2008 — Dance on Sheva Berachot — for two pianos
  • 2005 — Music Appreciation — for six hands
  • 2005 — The Rain’s Prelude
  • 2002 — Splashes — cycle of pieces
  • 2002 — Frescoes of Ancient Penjikent — cycle of pieces
  • 2001 — Zimchurud — for piano
  • 1999 — Etude–Prelude — for piano
  • 1999 — Joke — for three pianos and eight hands
  • 1992 — 1000 & One Second in Notes — concerto for two pianos
  • 1990 — Concert Music — for two pianos
  • 1988 — Musical Kaleidoscope — for piano and various instruments
  • 1985 — Kids’ Album — 24 pieces
  • 1980/16 — Toccata — for piano

Military Music

  • Marches for wind and brass ensembles
  • Festive fanfares for ceremonial events
  • Songs and arrangements for military and patriotic programmes

Vocal & Choral Music

  • 2024 — Crimean Sonnets — for SSAATTB, lyrics by A. Mizkevicz
  • 2020 — Psalom — for choir a cappella
  • 2020 — Romance — for mezzo-soprano, tenor, tanbur and string quartet
  • 2016 — Let’s Make America Great Again — song
  • 2016 — Lullaby for Edem — vocalise for mother’s voice and piano
  • 2010 — Pushkin’s Bouquet — romances for bass and piano
  • 2009 — Black Swan — vocalise for two sopranos and piano
  • 2009 — Super Astra Ferri — choral work a cappella
  • 2009 — Three Songs — for bass, harp and piano
  • 2004 — Heaven’s Voice — for soprano and tape
  • 2002 — German Album — five choirs a cappella
  • 2002 — The Rhythmic Pattern — for mixed choir and folk instruments
  • 1985/90 — Cantata — for children’s choir and symphony orchestra (seven movements)
  • 1983–84 — Four Songs — for female choir and piano
  • 1982 — Khayam’s Rubies — for tenor and piano
  • 1980–2016 — About 200 songs and arrangements of Azerbaijani, Afghan, Crimean Tatar, Iranian, Jewish, German, Korean, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Norwegian, Russian, Tajik, Turkmen and Uzbek melodies

Chamber & Instrumental Music

  • 2024–2025 — Collection of Pieces, Vol. 3 — for violin, piano, guitar and school ensembles
  • 2023 — Seven’s Cradle of Crimea — for septet and tape
  • 2020 — Collection of Pieces, Vol. 2 — for violin, piano, guitar and school ensembles
  • 2019 — Collection of Pieces, Vol. 1 — for violin, piano, guitar and school ensembles
  • 2018 — Miniature of Ancient Sogdiana — for strings and piano
  • 2017 — Circles of Time II — for Silk Road Ensemble, in four movements
  • 2016 — Silver Tango — for cello, bandoneon and ensemble
  • 2015 — American Stars Fireworks — fanfares for brass and percussion
  • 2014 — Confession of the Devil — trio for piano, vibraphone and cello
  • 2014 — At a Potter’s Wheel — for harpsichord
  • 2014 — BP Counterpoint No. 1 — for two violins and guitar
  • 2014 — Supplicium. Ab Exterioribus ad Interior — for organ
  • 2013 — West–East Sphere — for mezzo-soprano, oud, percussion and strings
  • 2013 — Franklin’s Whistle — for Franklin’s string quartet
  • 2013 — Quasi Poco a Poco No. 3 — for saxophone quartet
  • 2013 — China–Lux — for 14 instruments (7 classical, 7 traditional Chinese)
  • 2011 — Infinity — for harp solo
  • 2011 — Dalishef Suite — for piccolo, flute, bassoon, violin and tape
  • 2010 — Seeds of Peace — for strings
  • 2010 — Quasi Poco a Poco No. 2 — for doyra and piano
  • 2010 — La Porte Fermée — for piano and violin
  • 2009 — Sogdian Suite — for 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, French horn and tuba
  • 2008 — Night Gone with My Fantasy — for trumpet and piano
  • 2008 — Partita da Gamba XXI — for six violas
  • 2008 — Kids’ Suite — for violin, cello and piano
  • 2005 — Spectrum – All in Two — for two multipercussionists and tape
  • 2004 — Fighon-Moon — for four guitars
  • 2004 — Quasi Poco a Poco No. 1 — for violin, cello, clarinet, marimba, guitar and piano
  • 2002 — Falak-Abegg — for violin, cello and piano
  • 2002 — Tolerance — for conductor, musicians and tape
  • 2002 — Tajik–Persian Patterns — for string quartet and folk instruments
  • 2002 — Usulname — for multipercussionist and piano
  • 2002 — Nayohang — for flute and piano
  • 2002 — Sogdian Mixing — for string quartet and folk instruments
  • 2001 — Brass Patterns — for French horn, 4 trumpets, 4 trombones and tuba
  • 2001 — Et Incarnatus — for six musicians
  • 2001 — Do Not Weep — elegy for two guitars
  • 2001 — Toj — for folk winds, percussion, tape and synthesizer
  • 2000 — Timpanium — for nine timpanists
  • 2000 — Greeting... Great... Granheim — sextet for flute, oboe, 2 guitars, violin and cello
  • 2000 — Reflection Four Solo in Four — for guitar solo
  • 2000 — Circles of Time — octet in two parts and coda
  • 1998 — Jazz-Waltz — for violin, cello and piano
  • 1998 — Al Zikr — for piano, strings and percussion
  • 1997 — Cross & Crescent — trio à la quintet for violin, clarinet and marimba (three movements)
  • 1995 — Invasion — divertissement for strings
  • 1992 — Sonorita da Orientale — for double bass solo
  • 1992 — Burla al Orientale — for six percussionists
  • 1991 — Apocalypse — tone poem for seven percussionists and tape
  • 1990 — Diptych — for violin and piano
  • 1990 — ChahorZarb — for piano, folk percussion and strings
  • 1989 — Sonata-Fantasy — for violoncello and piano
  • 1988 — Suite — for violin and piano (five parts)
  • 1987 — Oriental Sketch — for alto saxophone and chamber orchestra
  • 1987 — Monologue-Imagination — for flute solo
  • 1985 — Humoresque — for brass quintet
  • 1981 — Sonatine — for trumpet and piano (three movements)
  • 1981 — Naghmaho — for woodwind quintet

Theatre Music

  • 2003 – Nathan the Wise – Uzbek Drama Theatre, dir. A. Hodzhakuli (Tashkent)
  • 2000 – Mountain Giants – Russian Drama Theatre, Tashkent, dir. S. M. Salvato (Italy)
  • 1999 – Solar Beam – Bishkek State Drama Theatre, dir. B. Parmanov
  • 1998 – The Quinces’ Dreams – Russian Drama Theatre, Tashkent, dir. A. Hodzhakuli
  • 1999 – People-Birds – Tashkent State Puppet Theatre, dir. B. Parmanov (best performance of 1999)
  • 1986–1991 – music for six theatre plays (Tajik Aini Opera and Ballet Theatre, Lakhuti Academic Theatre, Khujand Drama Theatre, Tajik State Puppet Theatre)

Cinema Music

  • 2003 – Tulip under the Snow – feature film (Uzbekfilm, 5th studio)
  • 1999 – February – feature film, producer E. Tuychiev
  • 1999 – The Enamored Shepherd – India–Uzbekistan co-production
  • 1986–1999 – music for five documentary films (Uzbekistan & Tajikistan)
Media & Recordings

Media & Recordings

Selected video recordings of Alisher Latif-Zade’s works, organised by genre. The order follows your official list of compositions.

Orchestral & Large Ensemble

Chamber & Instrumental

Piano

Vocal, Choral & Stage

Portraits & Documentaries

Media

Micro Worlds · Macro Music

Short visual videos — a curated selection of miniature videos where tiny figures, instruments and cinematic details open unexpected perspectives on sound, space and musical imagination.

Critical Reviews

Critical Reviews

Excerpts from reviews, recommendation letters and essays written by distinguished musicians, educators and cultural figures. The quotations below follow the original wording of the documents you provided (with only minor typographical corrections).

“ Alisher Latif-Zade is an excellent musician and an experienced educator. He has participated in multiple international projects and collaborated with artists of the highest level. He has a unique grounding in Eastern musical traditions and communicates his ideas clearly both through music and in conversation.
— Yo-Yo Ma, cellist (USA)
“ I worked with Mr. Latif-Zade directly as conductor of the New Juilliard Ensemble, for which he wrote a work. I can state with confidence that his new composition was truly excellent and stands out even among works by world-renowned composers.
— Dr. Joel Sachs, conductor; New Juilliard Ensemble / The Juilliard School
“ Mr. Latif-Zade is a highly talented composer whose music synthesizes multiple idioms: Western classical tradition, jazz, popular styles and authentic Central Asian heritage. His unconventional musical language is an original voice on today’s international stage.
— Prof. Theodore Levin, Dartmouth College (USA)
“ The work he performed at the festival—a large symphonic piece in memory of Alfred Schnittke—was among the most impressive contributions. His selection for Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road project reflects high recognition. His Piano Concerto is written to the highest standards of compositional craft.
— Peter Child, Professor of Music, MIT (USA)
“ Alisher Latif-Zade was elected to membership in the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) in September 2000. It is an honor to know Alisher and his music.
— Chia Toscanini, Vice President, ASCAP (New York)
“ The sensitivity, culture and professional level of Maestro Latif-Zade made a substantial contribution to the success of our production after Pirandello. I sincerely recommend him to everyone interested in his work.
— Sebastiano Maria Salvato, theatre director (Italy)
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Education

Education & Teachers

Alongside his compositional work, Alisher Latif-Zade maintains a broad pedagogical activity: instrumental training, ensemble coaching, composition and theory, as well as workshops for teachers and institutions. A dedicated Education & Store portal on Wix will provide full information about programmes, books and services.

For Students & Parents

– Individual lessons (violin, piano, guitar, composition)
– Ensemble and chamber music coaching
– Preparation for auditions, exams and competitions
– Online and in-person formats (depending on location)

Detailed information about schedules, formats and tuition will be available on the separate Education & Store website.

Go to ALZ Music Edition Catalogue

For Teachers & Institutions

– Masterclasses for young performers and ensembles
– Workshops on contemporary techniques and cross-cultural repertoire
– Consulting on curricula and repertoire for music schools and colleges
– Lectures on composition and Latif-Zade’s works

Collaboration proposals (festivals, universities, cultural centres) will be handled via the Education portal on Wix, where contact and booking forms will be available.