Aizhana Nurkenova
Composer and Pianist
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Aizhana Nurkenova is an award-winning composer and pianist whose work spans film, television, opera, and the concert stage. Recent highlights include Ether, selected for La Cinef at the 78th Cannes Film Festival (2025), and the audio drama The Great Goose Migration, which received a Gold Medal at the New York Radio Festival.
With a deep passion for storytelling, Aizhana combines classical craftsmanship and orchestral scoring with a modern musical language, incorporating synth textures and unconventional sound.
Aizhana holds a Master’s degree in film composing from the National Film and Television School (NFTS), where she was a PRS Scholar. She also completed an MA in Piano Performance at the Royal Academy of Music and was awarded the prestigious Hodgson Piano Fellowship. Praised by International Piano Magazine for performances described as “exhilarating” and “singing to heaven,” she brings the same depth and expressive range to her film compositions.
