Tamila Azadaliyeva, piano Tamila Azadaliyeva, a native of Uzbekistan, came to the United States in 2000 to study with Oxana Yablonskaya at the University of Hartford Hartt School, where she received her Graduate Professional Diploma in May, 2003 and then her Masters 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, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. She has been guest soloist with several orchestras including the Hartford Symphony Orchestra. Among her many awards are First Prize in the Connecticut State Young Artists' Piano Competition; Third Prize in the International New England Chamber Music Competition in Boston, Massachusetts, the Piano Duo Prize at the FORUM Internacional de Musica Barcelona Ciutat, and a Finalist's Diploma in the International Competition in Bologna, Italy. Tamila teaches piano at Hartt Community Division and Loomis Chaffey School.