Anastasia Gulyayeva was born in Perm, Russia. She has been singing in a church choir since the age of 14. She graduated from Perm Music College in 1997 and from the Ural State Mussorgsky Conservatoire (specializing in academic choir conducting) in 2006. She is a laureate of the “Magical World of Backstage” International Contest of Vocal Arts (Saint Petersburg, 2011) and the winner of the “Young Conductors of Prikamye” competition (Perm, 1996).

In 2006 – 2009, Anastasia Gulyayeva performed with the choir of the Tchaikovsky Perm State Opera and Ballet Theatre. Since 2011, she has been part of the musicAeterna choir. Artistic statement: There are three things that make a great singer: the brain, the ears, and the vocal cords — in that particular order.