Guzal Isametdinova

Uzbekistani pianist Guzal Isametdinova has cultivated her passion for music from a very early age. She has performed internationally as a soloist and chamber musician. A winner of the Lyric Chamber Competition with Trio Fantasia, she made her New York debut soon after. She is a prizewinner of competitions across the U.S., Europe, and Asia, and has appeared at venues including Carnegie Hall, the National Gallery of Art, and Wheeler Opera House. As an opera rehearsal pianist, she played for productions such as La Bohéme, Don Giovanni, Le Nozze di Figaro, Albert Herring, Aleko, Florencia en el Amazonas, Cosí fan tutte and Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor. She performed a continuo part for operas such as Le Nozze di Figaro and Cosí fan tutte. She served as a music director for two newly commissioned chamber operas TWA by Justina Chen and The Fishwife by Ashi Day. She participated in masterclasses for Leon Fleisher, Jonathan Feldman, Warren Jones, Martin Katz, and others. Guzal worked with conductors such as Marin Alsop, David Neely, Craig Kier, Joseph Mechavich, Mei-Ann Chen, and others. Among her summer programs were Aspen Music Festival, National Orchestra Institute, Opera in the Ozarks, Collaborative Piano Institute and Saluzzo Opera Academy in Italy. As an orchestra pianist, she can be heard on the recording of American music for Naxos label with a National Orchestra Institute. Guzal holds a Master’s degree from Lynn University, and is currently pursuing Doctoral Degree at the University of Maryland under the guidance of Rita Sloan.