Amina Figarova

Amina Figarova (born 1966 in Baku, Azerbaijan) is a jazz composer and jazz pianist. She currently lives in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Amina began studying music as a child, beginning learning the piano, and expanding into musical composition and arrangement as she matured. Figarova attended the Baku Conservatory, where she studied to be a classical concert pianist while a young girl in Azerbaijan. This was followed by a course of study in jazz performance at the Rotterdam Conservatory before entering and completing her studies at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. Amina Figarova is married to flautist Bart Platteau, who is part of her Amina Figarova International Quintet. The couple live in Rotterdam.