She started piano lessons at the age of five, studied at the Gnessin Special School of Music in Moscow, and graduated from the Zurich University of the Arts.

From 2008, Avdeeva studied at the International Piano Academy Lake Como with Dmitri Bashkirov.

She is the fourth woman to have won this title, after Halina Czerny-Stefańska, Bella Davidovich (ex aequo in 1949) and Martha Argerich (1965).

[2] During the COVID-19 pandemic, Avdeeva streamed weekly Bach podcasts to stay in touch with her audience.

[3] In the summer of 2021, she played several European festivals, following which she undertook a concert tour of Germany and Austria.