Veronika Dudarova
Article date: 5/02/09 | Last edited: 9/02/09
Veronika Dudarova
The first female orchestral conductor Veronika Dudarova has died on Thursday, 16th of January 2009 in Moscow at the age of 91.
Veronika Borisovna Dudarova was born on December 5, 1916, in Baku (the capital of Azerbaijan state). Ms. Dudarova got her primary music education at the Baku music school for gifted children. From 1933 - 37 she studied piano at the Leningrad (St. Petersburg) Conservatory’s Music College and from 1939 to 1947 was a conducting student of the Moscow Conservatory. 1944 - 1947 Conductor Moscow’s Children Theatre and assistant conductor of the Moscow Conservatory’s Opera Studio. 1947 - 1989 Principal Conductor of Moscow State Symphony Orchestra. 1991 - 2009 Founding Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the Symphony Orchestra of Russia. [Read More]
