Alisa Sadikova is a prodigy classical harpist from Saint Petersburg, Russia. She began her formal studies at the Special Music School of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory (2010–2018) with Karina Maleeva, continuing at the Cambridge Musica Mundi High School in Waterloo, Belgium (2018–2021) with Catherine Michel. Since 2021, she has been pursuing her Bachelor of Music degree at The Juilliard School in New York under the instruction of Nancy Allen.
Sadikova is a laureate of numerous international competitions, including Absolute First Prize at the International Youth Contest (New York, 2010), First Prize at the International Competition of Music Talent (Germany, 2011), Absolute First Prize at the International Competition (Helsinki, 2011), and the Yuri Temirkanov Prize (2012). Additional honors include awards from The Young Talents of Russia (2017), the 20th International Harp Contest in Israel (2018), the Scandinavian International Instrumental Music Competition (2023), the World Grand Prix International Music Contest (2023), the Eleventh Sibelius International Instrumental Music Competition (2023), and the Clara Schumann International Competition (2023). She has been a scholarship recipient of the Vladimir Spivakov Foundation and the Guzik Foundation (2021–2024).
Sadikova has appeared as a soloist at the World Harp Congress in Sydney (2014) and Hong Kong (2017), and toured internationally with Sarah Brightman in the “Royal Christmas Gala” (26 concerts in 16 countries). She serves as an official ambassador for Lyon & Healy Harps and the Salvi Harps Foundation.
She has recorded five albums in Germany, Russia, France, and Belgium; her most recent solo album, Harp Constellation, was released in 2023. Sadikova has performed in recital and as soloist with orchestra across Europe, Asia, Australia, and North America, including Australia, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States.
Her solo appearances include major halls such as Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage (New York), City Recital Hall (Sydney), the Vienna State Opera, the Bolshoi Theatre (Moscow), the Mariinsky Theatre (St. Petersburg), the Tonhalle (Zürich), Moscow International House of Music, Alice Tully Hall (New York), and numerous arenas and concert venues throughout Europe and Asia. Her online presence has garnered millions of views through projects dedicated to Michael Jackson, Karpur Gauram, and the Global Youth D2D Destiny Foundation.
