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 Damascus, she accompanied them and performed frequently for Syrian television—both as a soloist with orchestra and as part of a family ensemble. In Munich, she continued her studies with pianist Yasuko Matsuda and later with Bernhard Endres, a concert pianist and professor at the Nuremberg University of Music. She participated in master classes with Jean-Philippe Audolie, Menahem Pressler, Vadim Suchanov, Vadim Saharov, Vera Gornostayeva, and Brigitte Engerer. In addition to her concert career, Ulviyya Abdullayeva is deeply engaged in musical education. Since 2017, she has been the co-founder and teacher of the “Music for Kids” project at the Generation Center in Munich, which aims to foster children’s creativity and imagination. Together with the painter Nani Boronat, she has led the project “Music and Art – Without Borders!” since 2022, combining music and visual arts. In 2016, she founded the “Three Generations Trio”, performing alongside her father, cellist Rasim Abdullayev, and her daughter, violinist Anastasia Mishula, both as a trio and in various duets.
Her repertoire spans from Baroque to contemporary composers, with a special affinity for the works of Chopin, Rachmaninoff, and Debussy. Ulviyya's performances are characterized by their emotional depth, technical precision, and profound musical understanding.