(b. 1978, Tashkent).
Uzbek composer of mostly stage, chamber and vocal works that have been performed in Europe and elsewhere; she is also active as an organist and pianist.
Ms. Sadikova is the daughter of the composer and conductor Oltun Sadikov (b. 1947) and the granddaughter of the composer Tolibjon Sadikov (b. 1907 – d. 1957). She studied composition with Dmitri Yanov-Yanovsky and piano with Tamara Borisova and Yadviga Lisovskaya at the Uspensky Academic Lyceum in Tashkent from 1985–96 and composition with Dmitri Yanov-Yanovsky and organ with Tatyana Levina at the State Conservatory of Uzbekistan in Tashkent from 1996–98. She also studied philology at the State University in Tashkent in 1997–98. She then studied composition with Philip Cashian and organ with David Bruce-Payne and David Saint at the Birmingham Conservatoire from 1998–2001 and there earned her BMus with honours in both subjects, on the Scholarship of the Uzbek President. She later studied composition with Alwynne Pritchard at the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in London from 2004–06, where she earned her MMus.
Among her honours are First Prize in a competition in Tashkent (1996, for Reflection), the Brandenburgischer Kunst-Förderpreis (2014) and the Europäischer Komponistenpreis from Young Euro Classic (2014, for Brief Scherben). Her music has been performed in Austria, the Czech Republic, France, Georgia, Germany, Italy, Norway, Poland, Russia, Switzerland, Ukraine, the UK, the USA, and Uzbekistan.
As an organist and pianist, she has performed standard répertoire, as well as many works by contemporary composers.
In addition to the works listed below, she has composed film scores.
COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS
STAGE:
White, White, Black Stork (incidental music, play by Abdulla Kadiri), female voice, ney (flute from the Middle East), tanbur (lute from the Middle East), synthesizer, 1998
Ein Brief, 1921, Prag (music-theatre work, after Franz Kafka), piano 4 hands, feather pen, typewriter, 2012
Voices from Ravensbrück (music-theatre work), 3 sopranos, percussion, typewriter, string quartet, 8 music boxes, 2013
Versprochen... (opera for children, libretto by Ruth Johanna Benrath), 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass, percussion (+ objects), 2013
Schatten von Guli (music-theatre work, after a fairy tale from Uzbekistan), 3 percussion (+ objects), film (by Nicolas Wiese), 2013
Stimme im Schatten (choreography by Louisa Wagner), flute, bass clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion, 2013
Komisches Lamento (music-theatre work, text by Kurt Tucholsky), soprano, trombone, cello, piano, toy piano, percussion, 2014
The Transit Passenger (incidental music, play by Dulat Issabekov), 2014
Die Sterntaler (fairy tale in music, after the Brothers Grimm), speaker, alto flute, double bass, piano, percussion (+ objects), 2014 (also version as a children's opera for soprano, speaker, dancer, flute, double bass, piano, celesta, percussion, objects, 2016)
Alles über Sally (chamber opera, libretto by Jens Schroth, after Arno Geiger), soprano, actor, 2 typewriters, objects, ensemble, 2015
ORCHESTRAL:
5 Cello Cadenzas for 3 CPE Bach Concertos, cello, small orchestra, 2014
Brief Scherben (after the diary of Daniil Kharms), typewriter, objects, small orchestra, 2014
Marionette, harpsichord, Baroque orchestra, 2015
Cadenzas for Piazzolla's 'Four Seasons', violin, string orchestra, 2016
Concerto, cello, orchestra, 2016
CHAMBER MUSIC:
Three Miniatures, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, 2 percussion, 2001
Entfernung, viola, 2003
Untitled, string quartet, 2003
Roza – Rose, alto flute, 2004
Peshrav, 3 amplified cellos, 2006
Fraza, flute, clarinet, 2 violins, viola, cello, piano, percussion, 2007
Preobrajenie, violin, 2008
Kalam, string quartet (+ objects), 2009
La Baroque, violin, 2010
Kamni, string quartet, fixed media, 2010
Untitled, cello, fixed media, 2010
Der gebrochene Schatten, string quartet, 2011
Prelude, Baroque viola, harpsichord, 2011
Variation, violin, viola, cello, piano, 2011
Oskolki Pisma – Shards of a Letter (after Franz Kafka), string quartet, 2012
Sept., 1925. Kharms' Diary Note, oboe, clarinet, French horn, 2012
SPLITTER/STIMME/FRAGMENT, subbass alto recorder (by Joachim Paetzold), guitar, percussion, 2013
Deconstructive Emotions (after Arno Geiger), 4 recorders, typewriter, music boxes, paper, 2013
Splitter, bass clarinet, double bass, accordion, 2013
Verrückter Tango, flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano, percussion, 2014
Maske von François Couperin, cello, 2015
Jan. 1925, D. Kharms' Diary Note, Sankt-Peterburg, 2 pianos, accordion, 2 percussion, objects, 2015
Sonata for Giuseppe Tartini, bass clarinet, Baroque violin, accordion, 2016
CHORAL:
Halleluja, 8 mixed voices, 2 percussion, 2000
Luna (text by Claudius), 8 mixed voices, 2000
Narcissus (text by Decimius Magnus Ausonius), male chorus, 2000
Soliloquy of the Solipsist (text by Sylvia Plath), 3 female voices, 2002
Magnificat, male chorus, organ, 2003
Untitled, mixed chorus, orchestra, 2016
VOCAL:
Songs by Edward Lear (text by Edward Lear [Russian translation]), soprano, piano, 1996
Reflection (text by Hāfiz [translated by V. Zvyagintseva, A. Kochetkova, K. Lipskerova, I. Selvinskoy, T. Spendyarova]), soprano, flute, clarinet, viola, cello, piano, vibraphone, 1996
German Songs (texts by various Romantic poets from Germany), soprano, piano, string quartet, 1997
Zukhdiyat (text by Omar Khayyam [translated by Vladimir Deryavin]), soprano (+ tam-tam, triangle), flute, clarinet, viola, cello, piano, percussion, 2001
Gazeli (text by Hāfiz [translated by V. Zvyagintseva, A. Kochetkova, K. Lipskerova, I. Selvinskoy, T. Spendyarova]), 2 sopranos, bassoon, cello, piano, 2 percussion, 2002
Podimi pialu... – Lift up the Cup (text by Omar Khayyam [translated by Vladimir Deryavin]), mezzo-soprano, harp, viola, piano, 2003
Untitled (text by Omar Khayyam [translated by Vladimir Deryavin]), 3 sopranos (1st + claves/kayrak [percussion instrument from Uzbekistan], 2nd + dayereh [frame drum from Central Asia], triangle, 3rd + gong/tam-tam), baritone, cello, prepared piano, celesta, 2 percussion, 2003
Kuvshin – Clay Pot (text by Omar Khayyam [translated by Vladimir Deryavin]), mezzo-soprano, viola, piano, 2004
Laniti (text by Omar Khayyam [translated by Vladimir Deryavin]), male speaker, flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano, percussion, 2007
Silberklang (texts from Dada sources), soprano, ensemble, 2016
PIANO:
Mirror, 1996
Suite (Waltz, Tango and Minuet), 1996
Præludium, 2001
Fantasie, 2016
ORGAN:
Couperin Mask, 2011
HARPSICHORD:
Barrock, 2004
Untitled, harpsichord, live electronics, 2006
DISCOGRAPHY
Entfernung. Kinga Maria Roesler, viola (Kulturfeste im Land Brandenburg, 2003)
Kamni; Kalam; Untitled (cello, fixed media); Peshrav; Variation; Fraza; Three Miniatures; Præludium. Thomas Gould, violin; Clare Finnimore, viola; Ben Chappell, Gemma Hegarty, Evva Mizerska, Carla Sanfelix Izquierdo, Brikelda Syla, cellos; Charles Matthews, Huw Watkins, pianos; Orpheus String Quartet; Rüdiger Bohn, Manuel Nawri, Aziza Sadikova/Deutsch-Polnisches Neue Musik Ensemble (self-released, 2011)
5 Cello Cadenzas for 3 CPE Bach Concertos. Konstantin Manaev, cello; Berliner Camerata (GWK RECORDS: CLCL 129, 2014)
La Baroque. Thomas Gould, violin (Champs Hill Records: CHRCD078, 2014)