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.
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.
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”.
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.
Horst und Gretl Will Stipendium for Jazz and Improvising Music Cologne. Festivals in Moldowa, Albania, Pakistan and Austria.
Becomes a part of NICA Artist Development.
WDR Jazz Prise in kategory composition.
Collaboration with INSO Lviv - Internation Sympony Orchestra Lviv, Solo Album CD release, Festivals in Bulgary, Germany and Ukraine.
Kusimanten
Studiokonzert
Neuklang, 2021
Tamara Lukasheva Solo
Gleichung
WismART, 2021
Tamara Lukasheva Quartett
Homebridge
Traumton, 2019
Eurasians Unity
Enja/Yellowbird, 2018
Duo Lit — Lukasheva/Mahnig
Das ist Deine Zeit… und die läuft
Fuhrwerk, 2018
Kusimanten
Bleib ein Mensch
Leo Records, 2017
Tamara Lukasheva Quartett
Patchwork Of Time
Next Generation/Double Moon Records, 2016
Matthias Schriefl & Tamara Lukasheva
Matria
Unit Records, 2015
Duo Horizon
with Roksana Smirnova
2010
East Drive “Folksongs 2” (as a guest)
Bauer Studio
East Drive “Children Song” (as a guest)
2016