Irina Dubkova

Irina Dubkova () is a Russian composer, music teacher and an associate professor at the Moscow Conservatory. Life Irina Dubkova was born in Sverdlovsk (Yekaterinburg). She began composing at the age of five. After finishing music college as a pianist in 1982, she completed the undergraduate course as a composer. She continued the same way her post-graduate studies with professor Roman Ledenyov and in musicology with Yuri Kholopov until 1987. Dubkova has participated in many competitions and festivals. In 1980 she was the winner at the Moscow International Young Composer’s Competition, with Four Romances to the verses of Sergei Yesenin for baritone and piano; in 1982 she won again with her Symphony No. 1 and in 1985 with a vocal cycle for children. In 1987 her «Allegro» for Symphony Orchestra was awarded. From 1982 to 1985 Dubkova worked as a music editor at the USSR State Radio and TV Company. In 1984 she became a member of the Russian Composers’ Union, the International Music Society «Amadeus» and the Russian Association for Piano Duets (Russian Music Society). Teaching From 1996, Dubkova has been teaching at the Composition Department of the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory. In 20