Flashcards: Saint Petersburg Conservatory alumni

Ninel Alexandrovna Kurgapkina (Russian: Нинель Александровна Кургапкина; 13 February 1929, Leningrad – 8 May 2009, near St. Petersburg) was a Russian dance teacher and former prima ballerina for the Kirov Ballet with over 50 years stage experience.

Eduard Schütt (Russian: Эдуард Шютт; 22 October 1856 – 26 July 1933) was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor.

Valentin Nikolayevich Elizariev (Russian: Валенти́н Никола́евич Елиза́рьев; born 1947) is a Belarusian Soviet balletmaster, choreographer, and pedagogue.

Thomas Alexandrovich de Hartmann (Russian: Фома́ Алекса́ндрович Га́ртман; September 21, 1885 – March 28, 1956) was a Russian composer and prominent student and collaborator of George Gurdjieff.

Mihkel Lüdig (9 May [O.S. 27 April] 1880 in Reiu Parish – 7 May 1958 in Vändra) was an Estonian composer, organist and choir conductor.

Vasily Eduardovich Petrenko (Russian: Васи́лий Эдуа́рдович Петре́нко; born 7 July 1976, Leningrad, USSR) is a Russian conductor.

Irina Kolpakova (Russian: Ирина Колпакова) (born in Leningrad on May 22, 1933) is a Russian ballerina.

Vladimir Ziva (born 1957) is a Russian conductor who graduated from both Moscow and Saint Petersburg Conservatories where he was under guidance from Evgeny Kudryavtsev and Dmitri Kitaenko respectively.

Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev (/diˈæɡᵻlɛf/; Russian: Серге́й Па́влович Дя́гилев, tr. Sergei Pavlovich Dyagilev; IPA: [sʲɪˈrɡʲej ˈpavɫəvʲɪtɕ ˈdʲæɡʲɪlʲɪf]; 31 March [O.S. 19 March] 1872 – 19 August 1929), usually referred to outside Russia as Serge, was a Russian art critic, patron, ballet impresario and founder of the Ballets Russes, from which many famous dancers and choreographers would arise.

Larissa Ivanovna Diadkova (Russian: Лариса Ивановна Дядькова; born 1954) is a Russian mezzo-soprano.

Solomon Moiseyevich Volkov (Russian: Соломо́н Моисе́евич Во́лков; born 17 April 1944) is a Russian journalist and musicologist.

In 1967 Vasilyev graduated from the Leningrad State Conservatory vocal class and was accepted into the troupe of the Novosibirsk Theatre of Operetta, where for eight months of the six played a major role.

Tatiana Victorovna Stepanova, also Tetyana Stepanova, (Russian: Татьяна Викторовна Степанова; Ukrainian: Тeтяна Степанова Вікторівна, Tatiana Victorovna Stepanova) (born 1962, Odessa, Ukraine then Soviet Union) is a Ballet master, choreographer, ballet dancer, critic, essayist and historian of the dance.

Maxim Karolik (November 21, 1893 – December 20, 1963) was an opera singer by profession who was notable as an art collector and donor.

Vladimir Aleksandrovich Kobekin (Владимир Александрович Кобекин) (b. 22 July 1947, Berezniki) is a Russian composer best known for his opera compositions.

Peeter Süda (30 January [O.S. 18 January] 1883 in Viki, Saare County – 3 August 1920 in Tallinn) was a father of the Estonian organ school, composer and an early collector of Estonian folksongs.

Petr Migunov (Russian: Пётр Викторович Мигунов; born August 24, 1974) is a Russian opera and classical singer (bass) who graduated from the Saint Petersburg Conservatory and was a winner of both the Tokyo and Salzburg Competitions in 1997 and 1999 respectively.

John Landor is conductor and music director of the London Musical Arts Orchestra.

Valeria Stenkina (Russian: Валерия Стенкина) is a Russian operatic soprano and Meritorious Artist of Russia.

Oda Slobodskaya (28 November 1888 - 30 July 1970) was a Russian born soprano who became a British citizen.

Alexander Yuryevich Radvilovich (Russian: Александр Юрьевич Радвилович; born 1955) is a Russian composer, pianist and teacher from Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg) from which Conservatory he also graduated at which he was under guidance from Sergei Slonimsky.

Martyn Brabbins (born 13 August 1959) is a British conductor.

Natalia Strelchenko (Наталья Стрельченко, also known as Natalia Strelle; 23 December 1976 – 30 August 2015) was a world renowned Norwegian concert pianist of Russian origin.

Galina Dmitrievna Shostakovich (Russian: Галина Дмитриевна Шостакович; born in Leningrad on 30 May 1936) is a Russian trained pianist and biologist.

Cyrillus Kreek (born as Karl Ustav Kreek; 3 December [O.S. 21 November] 1889 in Võnnu, Lääne county – 26 March 1962 in Haapsalu) was an Estonian composer.

Veronika Romanovna Dzhioeva (Ossetian: Джиоты Романы чызг Вероникæ; born 1979) is a South Ossetian operatic soprano singer.

Sandra Droucker (Drouker or Droucher) (7 May 1875 – 1 April 1944) was a Russian concert pianist, composer and music pedagogue.

Tõnu Kaljuste (born August 28, 1953) is an Estonian conductor.

Oleg Caetani (born 1956) is an Italian conductor.

Roman Matsov (Russian Роман Вольдемарович Матсов, Roman Voldemarovich Matsov); (Petrograd 27 April 1917 - 24 August 2001, Tallinn) was an Estonian violinist, pianist, and conductor of Baltic German descent.

Mart Saar (28 September [O.S. 15 September] 1882 in Hüpassaare - 28 October 1963 in Tallinn) was an Estonian composer, organist and collector of folk songs.

Roman Statkowski (24 December 1859 – 12 November 1925) was a Polish composer, most notable for his operas and chamber music.

Jacques Gershkovitch (1884–1953) was a Russian conductor and musician who became the first music director of the Portland Junior Symphony (now known as the Portland Youth Philharmonic), the first youth orchestra in the United States, based in Portland, Oregon.