Mavi Boncuk | Anjelika Akbar (born 1969 in Karaganda, Kazakhstan) is a Turkish composer and pianist of Uzbek[citation needed] descent. Akbar completed her Master’s Degree[where?] in composition and orchestral conductor in Turkey where she arrived[when?] as a UNESCO member and stayed permanently, having been naturalised as a Turkish citizen, and receiving the “Degree for Proficiency in Art” after submitting her thesis in the class of Ass. Prof. Turgay Erdener on the subject of Russian composer A. Skriabin’s “Analysis of Selected Piano Works in Harmonic, Melodic, Rhythmic, Formal and Philosophical Aspects” and composing “Symphony No.1” in Hacettepe State Conservatory. (“Proficiency in Art” is the equivalent of Doctorate for composers.)
She has been working with Composer Ali Darmar since 2003.
Akbar recorded her first album “Su” (water) featuring her preludes in 1999.
A first in the world, the solo piano adaptation of Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons” violin concertos was published by Sony Music International in 2002, making its way to the Sony Classical catalogue as the first ever Turkish Classical Music album in the catalogue. Again in 2002, Anjelika Akbar co-performed the “bir’den Bir’e” album with Rana Erkan and Zara.
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