Kira Iraztov ( May 20, 1931 , Kronstadt - August 20, 2013 , St. Petersburg ) - Soviet and Russian singer ( soprano ) and music teacher.
| Kira Izotova | |||
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| Full name | Kira Vladimirovna Izotova | ||
| Date of Birth | May 20, 1931 | ||
| Place of Birth | Kronstadt , RSFSR , USSR | ||
| Date of death | August 20, 2013 (82 years) | ||
| Place of death | St. Petersburg , Russia | ||
| A country |  USSR →  Russia | ||
| Professions | singer , music teacher | ||
| Years of activity | 1955 - 2012 | ||
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Biography
She studied at the Choir School named after M. I. Glinka , then at the Leningrad Conservatory . Winner of the World Festival of Youth and Students in Warsaw ( 1955 ). She won the first awards of the International Competition named after Robert Schumann ( Berlin , 1956 ) and the name of Erkel ( Budapest , 1960 ). Recorded a number of songs and romances by Franz Schubert , Robert Schumann , Claude Debussy , Francis Poulenc , Sergei Rachmaninoff ( 1974 - 1975 , with pianist Pavel Serebryakov ). From 1962 she taught at the Leningrad (St. Petersburg) Conservatory, professor, until April 2012 she was the head of the chamber singing department. Among her students is Elena Prokina .
Honored Artist of the RSFSR ( 1970 ), Honored Artist of Russia ( 2006 ) [1] .
Sources
- ↑ Presidential Decree "On awarding state awards of the Russian Federation" 2006/07 / 31-1 Archival copy of September 10, 2008 on the Wayback Machine