Steinway & Sons announced Jan. 15 that University of Mobile (UMobile) Artist-in-Residence Kadisha Onalbayeva has been named as a Steinway Artist. She joins a distinguished international roster of Steinway Artists including Billy Joel, Diana Krall, Harry Connick Jr., Lang Lang, Robert Holm of Mobile, and past music greats such as Irving Berlin, Cole Porter and Sergei Rachmaninoff.
Onalbayeva is the first Steinway Artist selected from her home country of Kazakhstan.
The announcement coincides with a concert held at Broussard’s Piano Gallery in Mobile, at which this incredible accomplishment was celebrated.
Born in Kazakhstan, Onalbayeva began her musical training at the age of 5. She attended the Jubanov Special School for talented children and the Kurmangazy National Conservatory of Music in Kazakhstan where she studied piano and composition, gave recitals and was involved in both piano and composition festivals and competitions all over the world. She continued her performances as a recitalist, chamber musician, composer and as an orchestral soloist. She earned two master of music degrees at the University of New Orleans and then received her doctorate at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, La.
Over her career, she has given more than 60 solo concerts and has participated in more than 200 concerts as an accompanist and chamber soloist.
Onalbayeva is on the faculties of UMobile and Pensacola State College where she teaches piano and composition.
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