An Azerbaijan-born pianist and composer, Amina Figarova is known for her harmonically sophisticated small and large group post-bop. Following her emergence in the mid-'90s, Figarova has split her time between work in Europe and her home in New York City. Collaborating with her husband, flutist Bart Platteau, she has earned praise for albums like 2005's Come Escape with Me, 2015's Blue Whisper, and 2019's Road to the Sun.
Figarova was born in 1964 in Baku, the capital city of Azerbaijan, which was then part of the Soviet Union. Her parents started her on piano lessons at the ...