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Biography
Nationality
Soviet Union
Occupation(3)
Awards(10)
Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts orderKnight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of GermanyBach Prize of the Free and Hanseatic City of HamburgAlexander Men PrizePraemium ImperialeLéonie Sonning Music PrizeOrder of FriendshipHonored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist RepublicGoethe MedalBBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award
Education(2)
Sofia Gubaidulina (* 24. October 1931 in Chistopol; † 13. March 2025 in Appen) was a soviet and Russian composer. She was 93 years old. Her education included Kazan Conservatory and Moscow Conservatory. Her faith was Eastern Orthodox Church. She received 10 awards, including Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order, Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.
Life Events
9 Events1931
Born in Chistopol, Tatarstan
1949
Kazan Conservatory
until 1954
1954
Moscow Conservatory
until 1963
1998
Praemium Imperiale
1999
Léonie Sonning Music Prize
2001
Goethe Medal
2007
Bach Prize of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
2016
BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award
2025