Varvara Adrianovna Gaigerova


Varvara Adrianovna Gaigerova, Варвара Адриановна Гайгерова, was a Russian composer and pianist.

Life

Gaigerova studied composition under Georgy Catoire and Nikolai Myaskovsky and piano under Heinrich Neuhaus at Moscow Conservatory, where she graduated in 1927. At the Bolshoi Theatre she worked as "concertmistress" from 1936 to 1944.
Gaigerova was interested in the musical folklore of the southeastern people of Soviet Russia. In her compositions she uses folk music of various regions like Kalmykia, Buryatia, Kazakhstan, Turkestan, and Uzbekistan.

Selected works