Veronika Dudarova

Veronika Dudarova
Вероника Дударова
Birth nameVeronikæ Barisy chyzg Dudaraty
Born(1916-12-05)December 5, 1916
Baku, Azerbaijani SSR, Soviet Union
DiedJanuary 15, 2009(2009-01-15) (aged 92)
Moscow, Russia
GenresClassical
OccupationConductor
InstrumentPiano
Years active1944–2009

Veronika Borisovna Dudarova[a] (December 5 [O.S. November 22] 1916 – January 15, 2009) was a Soviet and Russian conductor, the first woman to succeed as conductor of symphony orchestras in the 20th century. She became a conductor of the Moscow State Symphony Orchestra in 1947, and led this and other orchestras for sixty years. In 1991, she founded the Symphony Orchestra of Russia.[1]


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  1. ^ "Russian conductor Dudarova dies at 92". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Associated Press. 16 January 2009. Retrieved 20 September 2013.