(b. 1 April 1984, Prishtina).
Kosovar composer of mostly orchestral, chamber and choral works that have been performed in Europe and elsewhere.
Prof. Zeqiri Nushi studied at the Prenk Jakova Music High School in Prishtina from 1997–2002 and studied composition with Mendi Mengjiqi at the Universiteti i Prishtinës in Prishtina from 2002–07. She then studied composition with Jana Andreevska at Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje from 2008–11 and there earned her master's degree. She later studied composition with Gheorghi Arnaoudov at New Bulgarian University in Sofia from 2016–19, where she earned her PhD.
Among her honours are three awards in the competition for young composers Çesk Zadeja in Tiranë (diploma of encouragement, 2002, for Dialogue; Third Prize, 2003, for Sonata for Flute and Piano; Special Prize, 2005, for Variazione per archi), a diploma as an Eminent Student from the Universiteti i Prishtinës (2005–06), Third Prize in the competition for young composers pre-art in Zürich (2008, for Around), the Theodore Front Prize from the International Alliance for Women in Music (2009, for Atmospheres [choral work]), and five prizes in the competition for composers of the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports of Kosovo in Prishtina (2012, First Prize, chamber-music category, for Around; 2014, First Prize, symphonic category, for Memento; 2015, First Prize, solo/instrumental category, for Echo and Narcissus; 2016, First Prize, duo category, for Fantasy and Fugue [second version]; 2018, First Prize, concerto/symphonic category, for Piano Concerto). Her music has been performed in Albania, Austria, Croatia, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Kosovo, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Netherlands, North Macedonia, Spain, Sweden, the UK, and the USA.
She is also active in other positions. She founded the organisation Neo Musica in Prishtina in 2009.
She has taught at the Universiteti i Prishtinës since 2007, where she was an assistant from 2007–18 and where she has been an assistant professor since 2018. In addition, she has been a part-time professor at the Prenk Jakova Music High School in Gjakova since 2014.
COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS
ORCHESTRAL:
Variazione per archi, string orchestra, 2004
Concerto, cello, large orchestra (11 winds, 7 brass, harp, timpani, glockenspiel, 2 percussion, strings), 2007
Five, 10–14 strings, 2007
Memento, violin, large orchestra (12 winds, 9 brass, timpani, marimba, percussion, strings), 2010
Variations for Symphonic Orchestra, large orchestra (12 winds, 9 brass, timpani, vibraphone, percussion, strings), 2011
Piano Concerto, piano, large orchestra (10 winds, 7 brass, harp, celesta, timpani, percussion, strings), 2017
CHAMBER MUSIC:
Dialogue, violin, piano, 2001
Sonata for Flute and Piano, flute, piano, 2002 (one section may be performed separately: Atmospheres; also versions of Atmospheres for 2 flutes, 2012; soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, 2018)
Trio Frymor – Wind Trio, oboe, C-clarinet, bassoon, 2003
Legendary Song, flute, piano, percussion, 2003
Aerodinamik – Aerodynamic, trombone, piano, 2003
Telegoni – Telegony, string quartet, 2004
Front and Back, clarinet, 2 violins, cello, 2007
Dream, violin, 2007
Around, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, French horn, B-flat trumpet, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass, percussion, 2008
All In, flute, oboe, soprano saxophone, cello, 2009
Disappear, viola, 2011
Blue, French horn, 2012
Homage, violin, 2013
Spacing, violin, 2014
The Temple of Artemis (The Temple of Diana), 2 violins, 2016
Flowing, flute, harp, 2019
Sonata for Violoncello and Piano, cello, piano, 2020
Rainy, geomungo (zither from the Koreas), 2021
CHORAL:
Nënës sime – My Mother (text by Pashko Vasa), mixed chorus, 2001
I këndojmë Zotit – We Sing for God (text by Zojë Përlaska), congregational chorus, 2003
Atmospheres (vocalise), mixed chorus, large orchestra (12 winds, 9 brass, harp, piano, timpani, glockenspiel, xylophone, 3 percussion, strings), 2005
Odisea – Odyssey (text from the word "odisea"), mixed chorus, 2008
Duaj – Loves (text by St. Teresa of Calcutta), mixed chorus, 2015
Bum Qi-Ke (text from a street game for children), mixed chorus, 2017
VOCAL:
Kur Vjen – When You Come (text by Bajram Qerimi), mezzo-soprano, piano, 2002
O Dismal Bird (text from an anonymous source), tenor, piano, 2009
A Story about Mary (texts from the Qur'an, Hadith [English translations]), female speaker, flute, guitar, violin, piano, 2010
Sombre This Path (text by Zef Zorba), mezzo-soprano, piano, 2013
Echo and Narcissus (text by Ellen Frankel, after mythology from Greece), soprano, bass-baritone, bass clarinet, bassoon, B-flat trumpet, piano, marimba (+ suspended cymbals, woodblock), violin, viola, cello, 2014
Jera (text by Erëmira Çitaku), soprano, flute, piano, 2016
PIANO:
Quasi Variazione, 2000
Funeral Music, 2007
Variations for Piano, 2012
Fantasy and Fugue, piano 4 hands, 2016 (version of work for organ)
ORGAN:
Fantasy and Fugue, 2014 (also version for piano 4 hands)
ARRANGEMENT:
Beautiful Morea (anonymous song in Albanian from Calabria), soprano, flute, piano, 2016