A 2016 National YoungArts Winner, twenty-four-year-old pianist, Anastasiya Magamedova,began studying the piano at the age of 5 in Dushanbe, Tajikistan and is a recent graduate of theJuilliard School with Academic Honors, under the tutelage of Julian Martin and Matti Raekalli;she now continues her studies in Paris. Recent engagements have taken her to perform in theTheatre of Digital Arts of Dubai and the Opera and Ballet State Theater of Tajikistan.Magamedova is passionate about performing and has soloed in halls such as Alice Tully Hall(NYC), Carnegie Hall’s Weill Concert Hall (NYC), Pierre Boulez Saal (Berlin) and LibbyGardner Hall (Salt Lake City, UT). She has also performed in Teatro del Pavone (Perugia, Italy)and Sala dei Notari (Perugia, Italy), soloing with the Alicante Philharmonic Orchestra. Winner ofseveral concerto competitions, Magamedova has performed with the Utah Symphony inAbravanel Hall and several times with the American West Symphony.

A Gold medalist of the 2013 International Keyboard Odyssiad and Festival Piano Competition(Ft. Collins, CO), Magamedova was also a third prize winner of the 2015 IIYM InternationalPiano Competition. First prize winner in the 2016 Utah State MTNA Piano Competition, she wasalso a winner of the 2015 SouthWest Regional MTNA Piano Competition Winner, leading tobeing named a 2015 MTNA National Finalist.

During her summers, she has enjoyed participating and performing in piano festivals such asPiano Texas International Piano Academy and Festival, Schleiswig-Holstein FestivalMasterclasses, South Eastern Piano Festival, and International Institute for Young Musicians.Magamedova has had the opportunity to study chamber music and perform in concerts at theInternational Summer Academy Lüneburger Heide two years in a row, working closely withTroels Svane, and Wratislava Chamber Orchestra. As a chamber musician at Juilliard, she hashad the opportunity to work with Joseph Kalichstein, Astrid Schween, Joel Sachs, and AudreyAxinn.

Anastasiya continues to play in a duo with cellist, Johannes Gray; together they are laureates ofthe Concours Europeen de Musique de Chambre and are artists in residence at the ScandinavianCello School in Denmark. They often perform in the Paris region as part of the “Jeunes Talents”series. The duo has toured giving concerts across the US, Europe, and Central Asia and havebeen heard on Radio France Générations Le Live program.