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Sofiya Gubaydulina
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Born October 22, 1931 · Chistopol, Tatarskaya ASSR, RSFSR, USSR [now Tatarstan, Russia]
Died March 13, 2025
Also known as София Губайдулина · Sofia Gubaidulina · София Асгатовна Губайдулина
Biography
Sofiya Gubaydulina was born on October 24, 1931 in Chistopol, Tatarskaya ASSR, RSFSR, USSR. She is known for her work on The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017), Vertikal (1966) and Den angela (1968).
Awards & recognition
- BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award · 2016
- Order "Duslyk" · 2016
- Bach Prize of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg · 2007
- Goethe Medal · 2001
- Léonie Sonning Music Prize · 1999
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- Praemium Imperiale · 1998
- State Prize of the Russian Federation · 1992
- Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic · 1990
- Alexander Men Prize
- honorary citizen of Kazan
- Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
- Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Order — Merit in Culture and Art
- Order of Friendship
- Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Pour le Mérite
- Pour le Mérite — Sciences and Arts order

