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Asya Fateyeva ( Ukrainian: Ася Фатєєва Assja Fatjejewa ; Russian: Ася Фатеева Assja Fatejewa ; emphasis: Ássja Fatéjewa ; born 9 May 1990 in Kerch, Autonomous Republic of Crimea , Ukrainian SSR , Soviet Union  ) is a German saxophonist of Ukrainian descent and university lecturer.

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Asya Fateyeva was born in Crimea and received her first piano lessons at the age of six. In 2000 she began playing the saxophone. She was first taught by Lilija Russanova at the Simferopol Music School and later by Margarita Shaposhnikova at the Gnessin School in Moscow. After moving to Germany in 2005, she studied at the Cologne University of Music under Daniel Gauthier, where she completed her studies in 2011. She also spent a semester abroad at the Paris Conservatory under Claude Delangle and was taught by Jean-Denis Michat at the Conservatoire de Lyon. This was followed by a master's degree at the Hamburg University of Music under Niklas Schmidt. Fateyeva has received numerous scholarships, including the Gerd Bucerius scholarship from the ZEIT Foundation, a scholarship from the Yamaha Music Foundation and the Orpheum Foundation for the Promotion of Young Soloists. She is the winner of numerous competitions.

Fateyeva has performed with orchestras such as the Vienna Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Vladimir Fedoseyev, the Moscow Virtuosi , the Tchaikovsky Radio Symphony Orchestra , the Ukrainian National Philharmonic , the Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra ( İstanbul Devlet Senfoni Orkestrası ) and the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, as well as various German orchestras. As a portrait artist of the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival 2024, 17 concerts are planned. She also plays tenor saxophone in the Alliage Quintet.

From 2014 she taught as a lecturer for classical saxophone at the Münster University of Music. In 2024 she was appointed part-time professor for saxophone at the Hamburg University of Music.

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 * 2010: 1st prize at the International Competition for Saxophone "Gustav Bumcke" in Nuremberg
 * 2012: 1st prize at the German Music Competition in the category "saxophone solo"
 * 2012: Zonta Music Prize
 * Prize winner at the Young Soloist in Gap
 * 2014: 3rd prize at the Concours International Adolphe Sax in Dinant (Belgium)
 * 2016: Echo Klassik in the category "Young Artist of the Year" for her CD Saxophone

Discography
Stepan Simonian: All Around Bach. Works by J. S. Bach, Franz Liszt, César Franck. With Stepan Simonian, piano (CAvi; 2020)
 * Asya Fateyeva – saxophone. Works by Fernande Decruck, William Albright, Jean-Denis Michat, Jacques Ibert. With Vaeriya Myrosh, piano; Brandenburg Symphony Orchestra, conductor: Michael Helmrath (Genuin; 2016)
 * Bachiana. With works by Joh. Sebastian Bach and Heitor Villa-Lobos. With the Württemberg Chamber Orchestra Heilbronn, conductor: Ruben Gazarian (Berlin Classics; 2017)
 * Heimbach Chamber Music Festival 2015. Works by George Gershwin, Francis Poulenc, Marc Eychenne, Witold Lutoslawski. With Lars Vogt, Sibylle Mahni, Peter Dörpinghaus, Kiveli Dörken (CAvi; 2017)
 * Best of Klassik 2016 – The Echo Klassik Award Winners. (Deutsche Grammophon)
 * Carnival. Works by Alexander Glazunov, Jules Massenet, Sergei Prokofiev, Léo Delibes, among others. With Arno Bornkamp, Monet Quintet, Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn, conductor: Ruben Gazarian (Berlin Classics; 2019)
 * Jonny. Works by Erwin Schulhoff, Adolf Busch, Anton Webern, Ernst Krenek, Paul Hindemith, Kurt Weill. With Florian Donderer, Emma Yoon (violin), Yuko Hara (viola), Tanja Tetzlaff, Stepan Simonian, Shirley Brill (Berlin Classics; 2020)


 * Asya Fateyeva - To the Muse. Werke von u. a. Henri Tomasi, Claude Debussy, Paule Maurice. Mit Matthias Loibner, Bo Wiget, Emil Kuyumcuyan, Saarländisches Staatsorchester, Dirigent: Sébastien Rouland (Berlin Classics; 2024)