Yegana Akhundova

Yegana Akhundova () b. May 22, 1960, Sheki, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR) is an Azerbaijani pianist, composer and teacher. People's Artist of Azerbaijan since 2012.
Biography.
Yegana Akhundova was born on May 22, 1960 in Sheki, Azerbaijan.
In 1983 she graduated from the Azerbaijan National Conservatory named after U.Hajibeyov (N.Usubova's class) and in 1985 completed her on-job training under the guidance of professor L.Naumova in Moscow State Conservatory.
There are different music styles and epochs in repertoire of Yegana Akhundova: Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Chopin, Schumann, Liszt, Debussy, Rakhmaninov, Shostakovich and others including the works of the Azerbaijanian composers: Uzeyir Hajibeyli, Gara Garayev, Fikrat Amirov, Jeyhun Hajibeyli, Arif Malikov and others.
Yegana Akhundova has numerous concert tours abroad; she played in Germany, Greece, Italy, Norway, Turkey, France, Austria, Poland, Great Britain, Russia, Spain, Hungary, Morocco and Romania. She performed with the Budapest's "Duna Palota" (Hungary) and UK Royal Filarmonic Orchestras as well as the Istanbul, Israel, Johannesburg and Vienna Chamber Orchestras in collaboration with the famous conductors: K. Kerssenbrok, Sh. Minz, J. Lorenza, N. Nakata, R. Abdullayev, R. Melikaslanov, E. Bagirov, Y. Adygozalov, E. Guliyev and others.
Yegana Akhundova has been working in Azerbaijan National Conservatory as a piano teacher since 1984, as a senior lecturer since 2003 and as the Vice-Rector on International Relations since 2005. In 2009 she was entitled to a professor degree.
Yegana Akhundova has been actively composing all these years; she is the author of numerous piano preludes, sonatinas, "Ashug" concert play for two pianos and various songs. The "Mi Parti" video clip which was shot to the music of Yegana Akhundova won the "Best Musical Video Clip on TV in Azerbaijan" award. Later, she composed the music for another 2 video clips "İthaf" and "Mea memoria".
Yegana Akhundova is giving lectures on Azerbaijan and World Culture at Khazar University since 2005. In December 2006 she initiated the premiere of Uzeyir Hajibeyov's famous musical comedy "Arshin Mal Alan" in English with the participation of the students and teachers of Khazar University.
Awards and Titles.
Diploma of the Trans Caucasus International Piano Festival in Baku (Azerbaijan 1985)