Born in Moscow. She graduated from the Academic Music College of the Moscow Conservatory (class of Associate Professor A. Yu. Utkin), and in 2000 continued her studies with him at the Moscow Conservatory. In 2007 she completed postgraduate studies at the Moscow Conservatory in the “Contemporary Music Orchestra” programme.

From 2000 to 2002 she was principal oboe of the Moscow Conservatory Opera Studio orchestra. She has performed with such ensembles as the Russian National Orchestra, the Moscow Symphony Orchestra “Russian Philharmonic”, the Helikon-Opera Theatre orchestra, the State Academic Symphony Orchestra under V. Ponkin and others. From 2002 to 2017 Tabankova was principal oboe of the orchestra of the State Academic Symphony Capella under V. Polyansky. Since 2011 she has taught wind ensemble at the Moscow Conservatory (associate professor since 2017).

Anastasia Tabankova is the winner of the 1st All-Russian Wind Ensemble Competition (Kazan, 2004), a laureate of the 3rd Moscow International Festival “Noble Seasons” (2005) and the winner of the 4th Henri Tomasi International Wind Quintet Competition (Marseille, France, 2007). She gives many concerts as a soloist and as a member of chamber ensembles in many cities in Russia and abroad. She is the founder and director of the Grand Double Reed Festival held at the Moscow Conservatory.

Soloist of the Studio for New Music ensemble since 2001.