Tamila Azadaliyeva was born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, where she attended the Uspensky 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.