Tamara Lukasheva was born in Odesa to a Ukrainian family of musicians.

From a young age she was surrounded by the sounds of all kind of music.

Tamara's professional career began at the age of 15, when she was invited to sing as a soloist with a unique big band in southern Ukraine. There she performed with such outstanding jazz musicians as U.Kuznecov, N.Lebedeva and A.Fantaev.She also sang a duett with Roksana Smirnova.

In September 2010 she moved to Germany to study at Cologne's conservatory for music and dance (Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln). One month after arriving she founded a quartet that has become one of her most important projects.

2012-2013

1st prise at the 6th International Jazz Vocal Competition in Finsterwalder, Germany

Becomes regular member of Bujazzo, the National Youth Jazz Orcherstra of Germany.

Tour in Central America with the “Matthias Schriefl Trio”.

Collaborative projects with WDR Big Band, MAO (Modern Art Orchestra, Hungary) and the UdK Big Band, Berlin.

2014—2015

The Tamara Lukasheva Quartett wins the “Young German Jazz Prize Osnabrück’’ (Junger Deutscher Jazz Preis 2014).

The Tamara Lukasheva Quartett wins the second-place prize at the “Keep an Eye Jazz Awards Amsterdam”.

2016—2017

First Place at Composition and Arrangement Competition for Bujazzo Big Band.A collaborative project with Odessa’s Symphony Orchestra.One month study in Carnatic School of traditional indian music in Bangalore, India

The Tamara Lukasheva Quartett wins the New German Jazz Prize Mannheim 2017(Neuer Deutscher Jazz Preis Mannheim 2017). Tamara receives a solo prize.

Festivals in Kasakhstan, Ukraine, Austria and Germany.