Shahin Novrasli
| Shahin Novrasli | |
|---|---|
| Born |
February 10, 1977 Baku, Azerbaijan |
| Genres | Jazz, Jazz-Mugham |
| Occupation(s) | Jazz pianist |
| Website | shahinnovrasli |
Shahin Novrasli (born February 10, 1977) is an Azerbaijani jazz pianist.
Shahin Novrasli was born in Baku. Shahin Novrasli showed interest in music from the age of three and when he was five his parents noticed his musical talent and gave him to fortepiano class of a musical school. At the age of 11, Shahin performed at Azer Mustafayev’s concert in Azerbaijan State Philharmonic Hall with a symphonic orchestra led by Faig Mustafayev . After this performance Shahin was transferred to a secondary music school named after Bulbul at his teachers’ insistence. In this period he became a winner of a “Young pianist” contest and successfully performed a solo at many concerts and festivals, performing compositions of Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Chopin and Rachmaninoff. Shahin directed to jazz music, precisely to its Azerbaijani version – jazz-mugham, under the influence of Vagif Mustafazadeh.
In 1996, Shahin entered Azerbaijan State Conservatoire named after Uzeyir Hajibeyov and after finishing education in 2000, he engaged in jazz music seriously, performing compositions of Keith Jarrett, Chick Corea, Bill Evans and others.
In 1999, Shahin Novrasli composed his own compositions – “Sevda Shelalesi” (“Waterfall of passionate love”) and “1001 gece” (“1001 nights”), interpreted national songs in jazz style. In these years Shahin Novrasli released two albums, also performed in the USA, Italy, Turkey and Russia. Shahin Novrasli is participant of such international jazz festivals of last years as Caspian Jazz & Blues Festival (Baku, Azerbaijan), Hot Summer Jazz Festival (Minneapolis, USA), Black Sea Jazz Festival (Sochi, Russia), Antalya International Piano Festival (Turkey), Baku International Jazz Festival and East-West Jazz Festival (France).
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