Narmina Sultanova

Narmina Sultanova has attracted attention as one of the most exciting and communicative pianists of todays generation. Her intense musicality, brilliant virtuosity and electrifying personality consistently thrills audiences at various concert venues. As a 14 year-old  competition winner, she made her orchestral debut playing Rachmaninoff`s Second Piano Concerto with the Azerbaijani State Symphony Orchestra.

 Sultanova holds two Bachelor Degrees in Piano with Honors from the Baku Academy of Music in Azerbaijan and Bilkent University for Music and Performing Arts in Ankara, Turkey. She continued her education by obtaining a Doctorate of Musical Arts from the Baku Academy of Music. Sultanova has studied piano with numerous well-known professors such as Lev Naumov (pupil of legendary Heinrich Neuhaus at the Moscow State Conservatory), Namik Sultanov (Bilkent University, San Jose State University), and Martin Berkofsky (Berkofsky Foundation).

 Dr. Sultanova has also performed in a number of concert halls worldwide including; the Rachmaninoff Hall in Moscow, Munich, Stuttgart,the Presidental Symphony Orchestra Hall and Bilkent Concert Hall in Ankara, Cemal Resid Rey Concert Hall in Istanbul as well as venues in her hometown – Baku, at the Azerbaijan State Conservatory Hall and the State Philharmonic Hall. Her extensive repertoire at these venues included pieces from the Baroque to  the Contemporary era of music. 

Currently she serves as a faculty member at Cosumnes River College, runs her own private teaching studio, and continues to perform in a bounty of chamber ensembles. She also performs a duo piano ensemble with her father from time to time. She is an active member of the Music Teachers Association of California in which she prepares students for the annual  “Certificate of Merit” extensive music exam. Among her students, she has developed numerous both national and international competition and festival winners along with award recipients.