Kamilla Mammedova

Vocal Accompanist
Email: kamilla_kazi@mail.ru 

Harris Goldsmith from New York Concert Review wrote: "Ms. Kamilla Mammedova, excellent young pianist, played her debut recital in New York's major concert hall, Carnegie Hall, with an assured, dignified traversal; she quickly established her credentials by playing with firm no-nonsense rhythms and a solid, singing "down-to-the-bottom-of-the-keys" tone. She brought solidity, lucidity and architectural overview to Rachmaninoff's Variations on a Theme of Corelli. She interspersed that objective clarity of purpose with moments of lovingly nuanced passing details, and her excellent rendition also made the most of the work's similarity to the same composer's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. Ms. Mammedova's performances went to the heart of the matter; lovely playing, singing tone."

Kamilla Mammedova was born in Azerbaijan and began her musical training at the age of five. Since pursuing a career in piano performance, she has received many awards and scholarships including the I. Kahn Piano Award, the R. Hanson Scholarship, Artists International Alumni Award, and the Evelyn Bonar Storrs Scholarship from the Musical Club of Hartford. Ms. Mammedova has participated in many piano festivals, competitions, master classes and lectures with world renowned musicians, as well as appearing in solo and chamber ensemble recitals in Azerbaijan, Spain, Italy, Russia, and the United States. She made her solo debut recital at Carnegie Hall in 2006. In 2007, she performed in Yamaha Hall in New York City on the concert dedicated to the jubilee of famous Azerbaijan composer Gara Garayev under the patronage of the United Nations mission of Azerbaijan in NY. In 2008, she successfully performed as a soloist with Beth El Temple Orchestra in West Hartford, Connecticut, which was reviewed in the press. In June 2010, she presented her solo performance dedicated to the two hundredth Anniversary of Frederic Chopin in an All-Chopin Recital.

From 2001-2004 in her native Azerbaijan, she participated in many solo recitals including the Concert with Azerbaijan State Symphony Orchestra under the patronage of the Greek, Norwegian embassies in Azerbaijan performing Edvard Grieg's Piano Concerto in A minor, Sergei Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto no. 2, George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue and numerous solo performances.

Ms. Mammediva participated in the Cultural Olympic Concert dedicated to the Olympic Games in Greece in 2004 under the patronage of the Firt Lady of Azerbaijan, Ministry of Culture of Azerbaijan and Greece.

She possesses graduate degrees with Honours from both tthe Azerbaijan Academy of Music and The Hartt School, University of Hartford. From 2002-2004, she was a member of the piano faculty of the Azerbaijan Academy of Music. Since 2004, she has been an accompanist for the Vocal Studies Division at The Hartt School, as well as a member of the piano faculty in The Hartt Community Division.

Ms. Mammedova is the music director and organist at First Congregational Church in South Windsor, Connecticut.