Khadija Zeynalova

Khadija Zeynalova is a professional Composer, Organist and Musicologist. Her award-winning compositions are performed by some of the leading orchestras, ensembles and performers in the world. As multilingual PhD graduate, she is a winner of prestigious Friedrich-Ebert PhD Scholarship in Germany and is currently continuing her career both as professional composer and as well as teaching at Detmold Academy of Music (Germany). Khadija was born in sunny Azerbaijan, where her talent for music did not go unnoticed by her parents as she composed her first piece at the tender age of …11! Having graduated from local music school in 1994, she went on to study composition and musicology at the Baku Academy of Music in class of Prof. Khayyam Mirzezadeh. Her graduation from Academy with honours in 1998 followed by her Master’s degree in Composition (which she also completed with honours in 2000). She then won prestigious Friedrich-Ebert PhD Scholarship in Germany and continued her study with Prof. Martin Christoph Redel at Detmold Academy of Music, where she successfully completed her PhD degree in 2012.
In addition to her academic credentials, Khadija had gained a diverse teaching experience both at college and university level. She held various
positions at Azerbaijan University of Arts and Culture as well as  composition positions in theatres. Currently she continues her academic
career at Detmold Academy of Music. Khadija’s works had caught so much attention from various international ensembles and musicians. Her award-winning compositions are performed by some of the world’s leading  orchestras, ensembles and performers in Germany, France, UK,  Netherland, Cyprus, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, Austria, Hungary, Turkey,
Oman, Azerbaijan and many other countries. She also had several portrait concerts with most recent being by Ensemble Horizonte in Detmold (Klangwerkstatt).
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