Adelya Nartadjieva

Violinist Adelya Nartadjieva has performed extensively throughout Asia, Europe, Russia and the United States. A dedicated chamber musician, Adelya has been invited to perform at renowned festivals such as Yellow Barn, Heifetz International Music Institute, Four Seasons, Summer University in Lausanne and Moscow Meets Friends.

Adelya has collaborated with artists including Gil Shaham, Timothy Eddy, Hsin-Yun Huang, and members of the Emerson and Juilliard String Quartet. Adelya was a concertmaster of the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory Orchestra under the batons of Robert Spano and Eiji Oue, and the Yale Philharmonia under Peter Oundjian. She is currently a member of the internationally acclaimed ensemble Sejong Soloists and a member of Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players.

A native of Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Adelya started the violin at age six and performed as soloist with orchestra only 9 months after starting violin lessons. She graduated from the Yale School of Music with a Master’s Degree where she studied with Prof. Hyo Kang and Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music in Singapore with Prof. Qian Zhou. Upon graduation, Adelya was awarded a First-Class Honors Degree and a Lee Kuan Yew Gold Medal as the best graduate throughout the course of study.

Recent awards include first prize at the Woolsey Concerto Competition at Yale; an Education Grant from the Rachel Barton Pine Foundation; and The Broadus Erle Prize from the Yale School of Music.

Adelya is an alum of Carnegie Hall's Ensemble Connect (formerly known as Ensemble ACJW.)