Asia Ahmetjanova is a composer of experimental and contemporary music, as well as a pianist of classical and contemporary repertoire. The experimental approach to dealing with musical material and the human body, as well as her own personal spirituality in her compositions and works of classical piano literature, are in balance in her artistic and compositional life.
For Asia Ahmetjanova, the individuality of each person and their personal approach to music is very important. She rejects any form of generalization of people and their activities. This way of thinking is also reflected in her compositions.
As a composer, Asia has collaborated with numerous ensembles and musical formations, including Basel Sinfonietta, Ensemble ö!, Ensemble Phoenix Basel, Duo Alto, Hyper Duo, Neue Vokalsolisten Stuttgart, Ensemble Latenz, United Instruments Of Lucilin, Duo Klexs, Ensemble Montaigne, Ensemble SoundTrieb, and others. She has presented her compositions at festivals and events such as Darmstadt Summer Courses (workshop with Yaron Deutsch and Uli Fussenegger), Festival Musica Strasbourg (Hyper Duo), London Ear Festival (Ensemble ö!), Tower of Babel II (Klangforum Wien), Ticino Musica Festival (presentations and performances), and International Young Composers Academy in Ticino.
In 2023, Asia won the "Phoenix Trabant: Biennial Composition Competition" of Ensemble Phoenix Basel. Also in 2023, her orchestral work "après le chant" (2023) gained international recognition when it was included in the list of recommended works of the "69th Rostrum of Composers".
Asia Ahmetjanova was born and raised in Riga, Latvia. After completing her high school education in Riga, she obtained her Bachelor's degree in Tallinn, Estonia, in the class of Alexandra Juozapenaite-Eesmaa. She then studied Piano Major Performance in the class of Konstantin Lifschitz and Composition Minor with Dieter Ammann at Hochschule Luzern - Musik, as well as a second Master's degree in Music and Art Performance with various internal and external instructors, most intensively with Carola Bauckholt, Marianthi Papalexandri-Alexandri, and Urban Mäder.
Asia lives in Zurich, works as a composer and pianist, is a member of Ensemble ö! (Switzerland), and a member of the music faculty at Hochschule Luzern - Musik. Additionally, Asia Ahmetjanova gives lectures on contemporary piano music, her own compositions, and art performance.
