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Lydia Axionova
Lydia Valeryanovna Axionova (; ; 19 July 1923 – 18 September 2019) was a Soviet and Moldovan conductor, music teacher, choral theorist, music writer, the first professor of choral conducting in
Lydia Valeryanovna Axionova (; ; 19 July 1923 – 18 September 2019) was a Soviet and Moldovan conductor, music teacher, choral theorist, music writer, the first professor of choral conducting in Moldova, Honoured Artist of the Moldavian SSR. Biography Axionova was born into the family of lawyer Valerian Mikhailovich Axionov (Aksenov) (06.01.1894 – January 26, 1980) and teacher Klavdiya Ivanovna Aksenova (née Zhivaeva) (December 31, 1892 – June 14, 1967). In 1941, she graduated from school with medal for special distinction and during the Eastern Front (World War II) by order of her superiors, she taught German in the senior grades of the comprehensive school in the city of Krasnoarmeysk, Saratov Oblast. From 1942 to 1944, she studied at the Saratov State Medical University and worked as a nurse at the Military hospital. In 1944, she entered the Saratov Conservatory in the vocal class (class of Professor A. M. Paskhalova. From 1945 to 1952, she studied at the Belarusian State Academy of Music in the symphony conducting class with Professor S. L. Ratner and in the choral conducting class with Professor N. F. Maslov. As a conductor, Axionova is the heir to the best Russian conducting a
- Era
- Post-War
- Lived
- 1923–2019
- From
- Soviet Union, Moldova
- Born in
- Engels · died Chișinău
- Known as
- conductor, music educator, choir director