 In 1911, she left for Milan, Italy to pursue a musical degree at the Milan Conservatory with the financial help of an Azeri multimillionaire, Zeynalabdin Taghiyev and his wife Sona.However, in 1912, their sponsorship was discontinued for undisclosed reasons, and Mammadova had to return home.That same year she enrolled in a program at a music school in Tiflis.