Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Zara Aleksandrovna Levina (Russian: Зара Александровна Левина; Simferopol, Crimea (then part of the Russian Empire now part of Ukraine), February 5, 1906 – Moscow, June 27, 1976) was a pianist and composer. She was from a Jewish family. Zara Levina studied piano in the Odessa Conservatory, which she passed with a gold medal. She graduated from the Moscow Conservatory in 1932, where she had studied piano and composition.In her early age, Zara Levina admired the composers Rachmaninoff, Scriabin, Prokofiev, Beethoven and Schumann. She mainly wrote choral works (mostly romances, then children songs) and, besides, also other vocal music, as well as two piano concertos and solo piano works. The inspiration of those five composers is evident throughout her works. The second of these piano concertos has been recorded, as has her 1928 first violin sonata (by David Oistrakh).Levina was married to the composer Nikolai Chemberdzhi (Николай Карпович Чемберджи) (1903–1948).. }
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- Zara_Levina abstract "Zara Aleksandrovna Levina (Russian: Зара Александровна Левина; Simferopol, Crimea (then part of the Russian Empire now part of Ukraine), February 5, 1906 – Moscow, June 27, 1976) was a pianist and composer. She was from a Jewish family. Zara Levina studied piano in the Odessa Conservatory, which she passed with a gold medal. She graduated from the Moscow Conservatory in 1932, where she had studied piano and composition.In her early age, Zara Levina admired the composers Rachmaninoff, Scriabin, Prokofiev, Beethoven and Schumann. She mainly wrote choral works (mostly romances, then children songs) and, besides, also other vocal music, as well as two piano concertos and solo piano works. The inspiration of those five composers is evident throughout her works. The second of these piano concertos has been recorded, as has her 1928 first violin sonata (by David Oistrakh).Levina was married to the composer Nikolai Chemberdzhi (Николай Карпович Чемберджи) (1903–1948).".