was the author of the book “The art of harp playing” (Moscow 1973). She had had numerous Soviet and foreign contemporary composer friends, e.g. Alexander Mosolov, Sergei Vasilenko, Lev Knipper, Jevgenia Golubeva, Paul Hindemith, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Benjamin Britten and André Jolivet. Shostakovich was an intimate and very close friend of hers. She became People's Artist of the RSFSR in 1966 and received the State Prize of the USSR in 1973. References Roslyn Rensch (2007) Harps and Harpists. Indiana University Press External links Nineteenth- and twentieth-century harpists: a bio-critical sourcebook By Wenonah Milton Govea Biography 1909 births 2000 deaths Russian women musicians Soviet musicians Musicians from Moscow Russian harpists 20th-century women musicians