Nina Vladimirovna Makarova (July 30 [August 12], 1908, selo of Yurino, Nizhny Novgorod Governorate — January 15, 1976, Moscow) was a Soviet composer, Honored Art Worker of the RSFSR (1975), and a student of Nikolay Myaskovsky. She was born on the territory of the present-day Nizhny Novgorod Region.[1]

Education and Creative Career

She initially studied composition with N. S. Zhilyaev, G. I. Litinsky, and M. F. Gnesin. In 1936 she graduated from the Moscow Conservatory in the composition class of N. Ya. Myaskovsky, and in 1938 she completed postgraduate studies there under his supervision. At the same time, she studied piano with N. N. Kuvshinnikov and V. N. Argamakov.[1]

Works

She was the author of the operas "Courage" (1948) and "Zoya" (1963; excerpts were performed in Moscow in 1968). Her orchestral works include a Symphony (1938) and the suite "How the Steel Was Tempered" ("Pavel Korchagin," 1967). She also wrote chamber music: a Sonata for Violin and Piano (1934), a vocalise and "Remembrance" for cello and piano (1966), and pieces for oboe, harp, and piano. Her vocal music includes song cycles to poems by A. Pushkin (1937) and S. Rustaveli (1938), the cycle "In the Days of War" to poems by A. Kovalenkov (1945), and "The Tale of Lenin" (1970), as well as songs to poems by M. Aliger, O. Berggolts, M. Isakovsky, L. Oshanin, and other authors. She also composed music for theatrical productions and films.[1]

Nizhny Novgorod Connection

Makarova was born in the selo of Yurino (now an urban settlement in Yursky District of Nizhny Novgorod Region), which in the early twentieth century was part of the Nizhny Novgorod Governorate.[1]

References

  • Wikidata (Q291665 — entry in the free knowledge base)
  • VIAF (34720657 — Virtual International Authority File)
  • ISNI (000000008113983X)
  • GND (103777881 — catalog of the German National Library)

Sources

  1. checko.ru — OOO "ASTRID" — Kamenolomni — INN 6125033877 — Director General N. V. Makarova
  2. dic.academic.ru — Makarova, Nina Vladimirovna — Who Is Makarova, Nina Vladimirovna?
  3. internat-yurevec.gosuslugi.ru — Makarova Nina Vladimirovna
  4. radio.orpheus.ru — Makarova Nina Vladimirovna — Radio Orpheus (Moscow 99.2 FM)
  5. search.rsl.ru — Makarova, Nina Vladimirovna. — V kakom vremeni proshloye? [Text]: [A novella]: [For middle and older readers] / [Illustrated by V. Chebanov]. — Novosibirsk: Zap.-Sib. Book Publishing House, 1969.
  6. kino-teatr.ru — Kino-Teatr.Ru