(b. 5 May 1960, Almaty).

Turkish composer, born in Kazakhstan, of chamber works that have been performed in Europe; he is also active as a guitarist.

Mr. Zamani began studies in piano in Almaty at age seven and later studied guitar privately with various teachers in Turkey, but is primarily self-taught as both a composer and guitarist. He graduated from the I. M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University in 1986.

As a guitarist, he has performed in Europe.

He taught as a senior instructor in guitar at the Kemal Eroğlu School of Music in Ankara from 1987–92 and has taught as a professor of pulmonary medicine at Selçuk Üniversitesi in Konya since 2002.

SELECT LIST OF WORKS

CHAMBER MUSIC:

Nostalgia, 2 guitars, 1980

Bristo Place, guitar, 1991

Mavi Gitar – Blue Guitar, guitar, 1994

Prelude No. 1, guitar, 1998

Impromptu in E minor, guitar, 2003

Toccata, guitar, 2004

Bagatelle, guitar, 2014

ARRANGEMENTS:

Menuet II in D-moll from Musikalische Klavierkunst und Vorratskammer (Johann Heinrich Buttstett), guitar, 1987

Menuet I from Französische Suite Nr. 2 in C-moll, BWV 813 (Johann Sebastian Bach), guitar, 1987

Asturias (Leyenda) from Suite española, Op. 47 (Isaac Albéniz), guitar, 1988