Aleksandra Pakhmutova

Aleksandra Nikolayevna Pakhmutova (Russian: Александра Николаевна Пахмутова listenⓘ; born 9 November 1929) is a Soviet and Russian composer. She has remained one of the best-known figures in Soviet and later Russian popular music since she first achieved fame in her homeland in the 1960s. She was awarded the People's Artist of the USSR in 1984.

For an asteroid which bears her name, see 1889 Pakhmutova.
In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Nikolayevna and the family name is Pakhmutova.
Aleksandra Pakhmutova
Александра Пахмутова
Pakhmutova in 2004
Born
Aleksandra Nikolayevna Pakhmutova

(1929-11-09) 9 November 1929
Beketovka, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Alma materMoscow Conservatory
OccupationComposer
Years active1955–present
Title
SpouseNikolai Dobronravov (1956–2023)
Awards
  • Hero of Socialist Labour
  • Order of St. Andrew
  • Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" (1st class)
  • Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" (2nd class)
  • Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" (3rd class)
  • Order of Lenin ×2
  • Order of the Red Banner of Labour ×2
  • Order of Friendship of Peoples
  • Order of Francysk Skaryna
  • USSR State Prize ×2
  • State Prize of the Russian Federation
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