ZARUDNAIA-IVANOVA, V. M. (Зарудная-Иванова В.М.)
Zarudnaia-Ivanova with husband Ippolitov-Ivanov.
Photo by L. Leonidov, Moscow, Russia, 1928
8.4 х 13.4 cm
Varvara Mikhailovna ZARUDNAIA (1857 - 1939) was an opera singer and a voice instructor. She was the wife of the composer and conductor M. M. Ippolitov-Ivanov. Mrs. Zarudnaia graduated from St. Petersburg Conservatory with a silver medal. While still a student, she sang at house parties of Rimsky-Korsakov, Balakirev, and Kui. After graduation, Zarudnaia sang in different cities, including in Irkutsks, Kazan, Kiyv, Tiflis, and others. From 1893 to 1924, Zarodnaia taught at Moscow Conservatory.
Mikhail Mikhailovich IPPOLITOV-IVANOV (1859 - 1935) was a Russian composer, conductor, and teacher. He graduated from St. Petersburg Conservatory, where he studied composition under N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov. In 1893, he was invited by Petr Tchaikovsky to teach at Moscow Conservatory. Later, in 1906-1922, Ippolitov-Ivanov became the Conservatory’s rector and in 1925 he became conductor at the Bolshoi Theater.
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