Tat’yana A. Zaytseva
Doctor of Art Criticism, Professor at Rimsky-Korsakov St. Petersburg State Conservatory and St. Petersburg Theological Academy, Honored Worker of Culture of the Russian Federation, Member of the Union of St. Petersburg Composers. Pianist and musicologist. Research interests: history of Russian music, textology and source study, St. Petersburg performing school. Author of 8 monographs, including: “M. A. Balakirev. Origins” (2000), “Artistic Lessons of M. A. Balakirev. Pianism, Conducting, Pedagogy” (2012), “Treasures of Russia: The Sacred Music of M. A. Balakirev” (2013), “M. A. Balakirev. Way to the Future” (2017), “Vladimir Nielsen: Thoughts Aloud” (2016); prepared the world’s first Complete collection of spiritual works of Balakirev (2015). Scientific editor and compiler of 14 collections of research articles and materials, which made up the series “Musical Petersburg: Past and Present” initiated by T. A. Zaitseva. Her research papers (more than 200 in total) have repeatedly received support from the Russian Humanitarian Science Foundation and the Russian Foundation for Basic Research.