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Education |
| 1980 - 1989 | | Specialized Government Music School, Almaty Main subject flute (performance), minors in piano and composition |
| 1989 - 1995 | | Study of composition at the Moscow Tschaikovsky Conservatory with Nikolaj Sidelnikov and Vladimir Tarnopolsky |
| 1995 - 2002 | | Composition studies at the University of Arts, Bremen (Hochschule für Künste Bremen) with Younghi Pagh-Paan |
| 1996 | | Course of new vocal music for voice-solo, Lichtenberg, Germany with Maria Kowollik and Ernst Huber-Contwig |
| | Participation in the Darmstadt Courses of New Music, Darmstadt |
| 1997 | | International Master-Course in composition with Klaus Huber, Bremen |
Prizes and Awards |
| 1987 | | Second Prize in the Competition for Chamber Music for wind quartet, Kazakhstan |
| 1988 | | Award by the Zhiger Competition for the composition Tolgau, Kazakhstan |
| 1995 - 1997 | | DAAD scholarship |
| 1997 | | Selected for the II. Nachwuchsforum der Gesellschaft für Neue Musik, Frankfurt/Stuttgart |
| 1998 | | Honourable mention at the International Gaudeamus Music Week |
| 2000 | | Artist in residence at the Künstlerhaus Schloss Wiepersdorf, Brandenburg and at the Künstlerinnenhof Die Höge, Niedersachsen |
| | Franz Liszt Composition Prize from the Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt Weimar |
| | Composition fellowship of the Senate of Berlin |
| 2001 | | Second Prize for NYR at the II. Internationaler Wettbewerb der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Flöte e. V., Frankfurt |
| | Selected for the 14th International Composer Seminar, Boswil, Switzerland |
| | Selected for the Session de Composition at the Fondation Royaumont, France |
| 2002 | | Composer-in-residence at Villa Aurora, Los Angeles |
| 2003 | | Artist-in-residence at the Künstlerhof Schreyahn Niedersachsen |
| 2004 | | Fellowship at the Villa Massimo, Rome |
| | Selected for the VII. Nachwuchsforum der Gesellschaft für Neue Musik, Frankfurt/Berlin |
List of works (since 1995): |
| 1995 - 1996 | | Uschar for voice, fl, cl, vn, va, vc |
| 1996 | | Al-Fana I for voice |
| 1997 | | Al-Fana II for 8-track-tape surround sound controlled |
| 1997 | | Betpak for fl, cl, va |
| 1996 - 1998 | | Si toutes les feuilles des arbres étaient des langues for stringquartet |
| 1999 | | Blocks orchestra |
| 1999 - 2000 | | Ötté-kjetté for tenor recorder |
| 2001 | | NYR for flute |
| | Le Refus de l’enfermement I for stringquartet |
| | Le Refus de l’enfermement II for fl, ob, bn, va, vc |
| 2002 | | ZAMAN for fl, ob, cl,bn, vn, va, vc, db, perc |
| | Der Magier, die Tiere for sax, tpt, trbn, tba, vn, vc, accdn, prep pf, perc |
| | Le Refus de l’enfermement III for fl, cl, bn, va, vc |
| 2003 - 2004 | | For White Cube electronic music for Die Höge: White Cube No.1 expand |
| 2004 | | Sfiorarsi for fl, sax, vn, prep pf, perc |
| | Daus for double bass |
| | Aspan for orchestra |
| | Der Magier, die Tiere II for cl, accdn, db, elec gui, electronic |
| 2005 | | Aikyon for CD and voice |
| | Onda for fl, vc, pf |
| | Meriesk for fl, vn, vc |
Her work has been performed at major festivals Europe, the former Soviet Union and the United States by the Arditti String Quartet, Ensemble Modern, Klangforum Wien among others |
