Trained as a classical pianist in Baku, she became interested in the local folk music, later specializing in jazz.

[1][2] Born in Baku on 2 December 1964, Amina Figarova learnt to play the piano as a small child and began composing when only six.

[1][2] While in the United States, she became involved in the Thelonious Monk Jazz Colony in Aspen, Colorado.

[3] Chicago critic Neil Tesser rates her as one of the leading contemporary jazz composers both with September Suite and Come Escape With Me.

[4] Figarova's compositions include the musical Diana,[5] and Tehora which she wrote for the Israeli singer Shlomit Butbul.