Veronika Dudarova Вероника Дударова | |
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| Birth name | Veronikæ Barisy chyzg Dudaraty |
| Born | December 5, 1916 Baku, Azerbaijani SSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | January 15, 2009 (aged 92) Moscow, Russia |
| Genres | Classical |
| Occupation | Conductor |
| Instrument | Piano |
| Years active | 1944–2009 |
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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