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Adeliia (Adele) Faizullina (b. 1988) is an Uzbekistan-born Tatar composer, vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, and quray player. As a composer, she explores cutting-edge vocal colors and paints delicate and vibrant atmospheres inspired by the music and poetry of Tatar folklore. The Washington Post has praised her compositions as “vast and varied, encompassing memory and imagination.”

Her recent commissions include works for Longleash Ensemble, Jennifer Koh, the Tesla Quartet, Johnny Gandelsman, and the Metropolis Ensemble. Her works have also been performed by the Minnesota Orchestra, American Composers Orchestra, Seattle Symphony, Albany Symphony, Kronos Quartet, International Contemporary Ensemble, the Del Sol Quartet, Brianna Matzke, Ashley Bathgate, Stephanie Lamprea, and Duo Cortona. Adeliia was one of seven composers to be selected for the Minnesota Orchestra Composer Institute in 2022. She was a guest artist at Play On Philly in 2021, and is a member of Composing Earth 2022-2023, by the Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music.

Adeliia received her BM in voice in Kazan, Russia, and BM in music composition at Gnessins Russian Academy of Music. She holds an MM in music composition from the University of Texas at Austin, and is currently pursuing her PhD in music & multimedia composition at Brown University.

Currently Adeliia resides in Providence, RI. She also happens to be blind. She enjoys taking walks and being in nature.