Leokadiya Kashperova (1872 - 1940) Russia
- andreachamizoalber
- Sep 1
- 1 min read
Composer and pianist. She studied at the St. Petersburg Conservatory. She wrote a symphony, a piano concerto, choral works, chamber music, and works for solo piano.
I begin by sharing her first Cello Sonata and the link to download the score, which also includes a second sonata.
During her lifetime she was recognized for her music; in 1912 the Russian Musical Gazette published "Her talent as a composer is a very welcome phenomenon in the musical life of St. Petersburg."
I'm now sharing A Sein de la Nature, a collection of works for solo piano. The link to download the sheet music is also available.
In 1916, Kashperova became a professor at the Smolny Institute. There she met Sergei Andropov, her student and a Bolshevik leader, and they married that same year. However, at the outbreak of the February Revolution, the Smolny Institute was being used as a revolutionary headquarters, so to avoid arrest, the couple left Petrograd and moved to Moscow. From then until her death, she composed in secret and was forgotten by the Soviet public.
Here is her Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 2. I couldn't find the score.
In 2002 , Graham Griffiths was doing his PhD and discovered Kashperova's name, did some research, and found her Symphony in B minor. He gave a BBC interview, and the work was performed in 2018. It was published by Boosey & Hawkes in 2022. (Therefore, it is not available on IMSLP.) But you can listen to the symphony in the video below.
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