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                                     Alisher Latif-Zade

       Tajik-born American Composer | Music Educator | Honorary Professor
       

              Alisher Latif-Zade is an active composer and music educator whose creative work spans   spans orchestral, chamber, instrumental, vocal, and choral compositions, as well as music for stage, film, and educational games. A graduate of the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory, he studied composition and violin.

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 He was awarded the honorary title of Professor by the Tajik National Conservatory named after Talabkhuja Sattorov in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.

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  His compositions have been commissioned, published, and performed internationally, reaching audiences in 38 countries. His professional activities have included appearances at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., and the United Nations in New York.

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  In 2000, he was selected to participate in Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Project. His octet Circles of Time was published by G. Schirmer in New York. His compositions have also been published by Le Chant du Monde in France, New Consonant Music in Belgium and  publishers in Russia, Tajikistan, and other countries.

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   Alongside his work as a composer, Latif-Zade maintains an active teaching practice and develops original educational methods and materials for students, teachers, ensembles, and music schools.