Ms. Yahshieva studied music theory with Lyudmila Osipova and piano with Konstantin Lykov at the College of Music in Chardzhou from 1983-87, where she graduated with a diploma of excellence in both subjects. She studied composition with Rejep Allayarov and piano with Orazgul Annamuradova at the State Conservatory of Turkmenistan in Ashgabat from 1988-95 and there graduated with a diploma of excellence in both subjects. She then studied composition with Albert Leman at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow from 1995-97, on a scholarship from the government of Turkmenistan, where she also studied music psychology with Maria S. Starcheus in 1997-98. In addition, she has attended masterclasses in Austria and the Czech Republic.

Her honors include the Makhtumkuli State Scholarship in Ashgabat (1993, for educational excellence) and two honorary diplomas from the Ministry of Education in Ashgabat (1993, 1995). She has also received a grant from the Open Society Institute in Moscow (1999, to attend a masterclass in Austria) and two grants from the Open Society Institute in Tashkent (1999, 2004, both to attend the Ilkhom-XX festival in Tashkent). Her music has been performed in Russia, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, including twice at the Festival of Japanese Music in Moscow (1999, 2000), twice at the Moscow Autumn festival (2001-02) and twice at the Ilkhom-XX festival (2004-05).

As a pianist, she has performed contemporary pieces and improvisations in the Czech Republic, Russia and Uzbekistan, including at the Ostrava Days (2003). She served as an accompanist at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory from 1995-98 and at the Ippolitov State College of Music in Moscow in 1998-99.

She taught music theory at the College of Music in Chardzhou in 1987-88 and taught piano as an assistant teacher at the State Conservatory of Turkmenistan from 1993-95.

She has lived in Russia since 1995.

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