Ulviyya Abdullayeva

Ulviyya Abdullayeva was born in 1972 in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. Both of her parents were musicians and professors at the Baku Music Academy. Her father, Rasim Abdullayev, was a renowned cellist, and her mother, Almas Mehdiyeva, a pianist, from whom Ulviyya received her first piano lessons as a child. After attending a music high school, she completed her piano studies at the Baku Music Academy with a diploma. During her childhood and youth, she lived in several foreign cities, including Damascus, Cairo, and Paris, before finally settling in Munich, which she now calls home. She has lived and worked there since 2000. Ulviyya gave her first solo performances at a very young age, often appearing together with her father. When her parents were appointed to the Music Academy in Damascu...