Kamilya Akhmetova

Accompanist

Kamilya (kah-me-la) helps lead Sunday morning worship and other church events as organist and pianist for the Chancel Choir. She also periodically accompanies the Pure Joy! Youth Choir, and the Children’s Choir.

A native of Kazakhstan, Kamilya holds a Bachelor's degree in Piano Performance from the Kazakh National University of Arts.

She also holds a Master's degree and Performer's diploma in Organ Performance, and a Master's degree in Piano Performance and Pedagogy, both from the SMU Meadows School of the Arts.

Kamilya has attended organ master classes in Germany and was an exchange program student at the Venice Conservatory in Italy. She has won awards in various national and international competitions since she began playing the piano at age 7 in her hometown of Pavlodar.

Kamilya received Diploma awards in 2019 at the 20th Open Festival - Competition of Organ Music Gatchina - St. Petersburg in St. Petersburg, Russia and the Second International Competition for Young Composers and Organists "Baikal Toccata" in Irkutsk, Russia.