Biography:

Zinaida Ignatyeva Russian : also spelled Zinaida Ignatieva ; 1 February 1938 – 23 March 2022 ^[1] was a Russian pianist.

Born in Moscow, Ignatyeva was a student at the Moscow Conservatory under Samuil Feinberg, where she was awarded the VI International Chopin Piano Competition‘s 5th prize. Ignatyeva is a professor at the Moscow Conservatory, where she was appointed a teacher after graduating in 1962. She was active as a concert pianist^[2] within the USSR.

She was named a People’s Artist of Russia.

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