Aleksandra Pakhmutova

For an asteroid which bears her name, see 1889 Pakhmutova.
In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Nikolayevna and the family name is Pakhmutova.
Aleksandra Pakhmutova
Александра Пахмутова
Pakhmutova in 2024
Born
Aleksandra Nikolayevna Pakhmutova

(1929-11-09) 9 November 1929
Beketovka, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Alma materMoscow Conservatory
OccupationComposer
Years active1955–present
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(m. 1956; died 2023)​

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.

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