Gulnora Alimova (born July 25, 1971) is an Uzbek pianist. [1]
Alimova was born on July 25, 1971, in Tashkent, she studied under A. Neuwirth, and subsequently at the Aschrafi State Conservatory in Tashkent under Prof. O. Yussupova. [2] She took her postgraduate studies at the Moscow Conservatory under Prof. Lev Naumov, graduating in 1997. [1]
Alimova was awarded a Medal of the Ville d’Epinal in the 1993 Epinal International Piano Competition [3] 2nd prizes at the 1993 Cidade do Porto, 1996 Cidade de Ferrol, 2004 Mannheim's Beethoven and, most notably, 1997 Cleveland competitions. [1]
In 2000, Gulnora Alimova became a scholarship holder of the Kulturfonds - Baden e.V., and in 2003 she was a scholarship holder of the DAAD. In 2004, she received the 2nd place award at the 3rd Beethoven Piano Competition Richard Laugs in Mannheim. [1]
Since June 2009, Gulnora Alimova has been employed on the academic staff at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Mannheim (Mannheim University of Music and Performing Arts). [1]
Medals of the Ville d'Epinal