Aliya Turetayeva is one of the most promising and talented Kazakh pianists of ​her generation. She received her first piano lesson at the age of five and later moved to Europe to continue her musical studies. She graduated from the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz, Cologne and from the prominent Mozarteum University, Salzburg under the tutelage of Professor Gililov with the highest mark.

Aliya appeared at many festivals including the Ruhr Piano Festival, the International Holland Music Sessions, International Chamber Music Festival Stavanger, Norway, Ars Haliaeti Festival, Slovenia, Porto PianoFest and has performed at major international venues such as the Steinway Hall, London, Concertgebouw Kleine Zaal, WDR Funkhaus Kleiner Sendesaal, Edvard Grieg Museum, Troldhaugen, Elgar Room Royal Albert Hall, London, Weill Recital Hall at the Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, St Martin-in-the-Fields, London, Glaeserner Saal Musikverein, Billrothaus and Kaisersaal in Vienna, Austria.

Aliya was a prizewinner of the Vancouver International Music Competition, Concert Artists International Competition in New York and the Verao Classico Festival in Lisbon, Portugal. Her other distinctions include winning the Steinway Hall Prize at the KIPC 2019 in Kent, the UK and an Honorable Mention Award at Bradshaw & Buono International Piano Competition in New York, USA. Aliya will release a solo album for Solo Musica Label in Munich in the upcoming season.

Aliya additionally worked with many celebrated musicians including Imogen Cooper, Mikhail Voskresensky and Vladimir Krainev .