Tamila Azadaliyeva (piano) was born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, where she attended the music school, affiliated with Tashkent State Conservatory, for gifted children. She then received her B.M. degree from Tashkent State Conservatory while studying with Elmira Mirkasimova. Tamila came to the United States to study with Oxana Yablonskaya at the University of Hartford Hartt School, where she received her Graduate Professional Diploma and then her Master's degree the following year, while studying with Luiz de Moura Castro.  

Tamila has performed as a soloist and chamber musician in the United States, Italy, Spain, Bulgaria, Israel, Kazakhstan and native Uzbekistan. She has been a guest soloist with several orchestras including the Hartford Symphony Orchestra. Tamila’s recent performances include solo performance of Manuel de Falla’s “Nights in the Gardens of Spain” for piano and orchestra with San Francisco Civic Symphony in the Herbst Theater in San Francisco, California, and a recital at Carnegie Hall with Misha Quint, cello, in New York City.   

A sought-after educator, Tamila has taught and lectured at various institutes and workshops in the United States and abroad. She recently served as a member of the piano faculty at Oxana Yablonskaya Piano Institute in Eilat, Israel and Kovacevica, Bulgaria, where she met her wonderful piano duo partner, Natalia Hudson.  

Tamila has taught piano at the University of Connecticut, University of New Haven and currently teaches at the University of Hartford’s Hartt School Community Division, Loomis Chaffee School and maintains a private studio in West Hartford, Connecticut.