Varvara Adrianovna Gaigerova

Varvara Adrianovna Gaigerova (; 17 October 1903 in Orekhovo-Zuyevo, Russian Empire – 6 April 1944 in Moscow) was a Soviet composer and pianist. Life Gaigerova studied composition under Georgy Catoire and Nikolai Myaskovsky and piano under Heinrich Neuhaus at Moscow Conservatory, where she graduated in 1927. At the Bolshoi Theatre she worked as “concertmistress” from 1936 to 1944. Gaigerova was interested in the musical folklore of the southeastern people of Soviet Russia. In her compositions she uses folk music of various regions like Kalmykia, Buryatia, Kazakhstan, Turkestan, and Uzbekistan. Selected works * Fortress near Kamenny Brod Крепость у Каменного Брода , Op.30 (opera based on Lermontov and some Caucasian poets; 1937–40); Pechorin’s Aria “И скучно, и грустно”; Тучки небесные * Symphony No. 1 (1928) * Symphony No. 2 on Kalmyk Themes (1934) * Symphony No. 3 (1936) * Symphonic Suite on Caucasian Themes * Suite on Udmurt Themes Сюита на темы удмуртских (вотских) народных песен , for domra orchestra (pub. 1933) * Two Suites on Kazakh Themes (domra orch) * String Quartet No. 1 (1925-26) * String Quartet No. 2 in G Major on Yakuts Themes, Op. 17 (pub. 1947) * Sonata for viola and