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Elena Gnesina
Elena Fabianovna Gnesina (or Gnessina; ; 30 May 1874 – 4 June 1967) was a Soviet and Russian composer and music educator, a sister of the composer Mikhail Gnesin. Gnesina was born in Rostov-on-Don to
Elena Fabianovna Gnesina (or Gnessina; ; 30 May 1874 – 4 June 1967) was a Soviet and Russian composer and music educator, a sister of the composer Mikhail Gnesin. Gnesina was born in Rostov-on-Don to Rabbi Fabian Osipovich Gnesin (d. 1891) and his wife Bella Isaevna (née Fletzinger), who was a singer and pianist who had studied with Stanisław Moniuszko. Gnesina received numerous state awards, including two Orders of Lenin, and recognition as an Honoured Artist of the RSFSR (1935). External links * Kadja Grönke, Art. “Gnessina, Jewgenia, Maria, Elena und Jelisaweta”, in: Lexikon “Europäische Instrumentalistinnen des 18. und 19. Jahrhunderts”, hrsg. von Freia Hoffmann, 2016.
- Era
- Late Romantic
- Lived
- 1874–1967
- From
- Russian Empire (now Russia), Soviet Union
- Born in
- Rostov-on-Don · died Moscow
- Known as
- composer, music educator, pianist
- Instruments
- grand piano
- Genres
- classical music