Valentina Levko

Valentina Levko
Background information
Born
Valentina Nikolayevna Surkovа

(1926-08-13)13 August 1926
Moscow, RSFSR, Soviet Union
Died14 August 2018(2018-08-14) (aged 92)
Moscow, Russia
OccupationsMezzo-soprano, contralto

Valentina Nikolayevna Levko (Russian: Валенти́на Никола́евна Левко́; 13 August, 1926 – 14 August, 2018[1]) was a Soviet and Russian opera and chamber singer (contralto, mezzo-soprano), teacher, professor. She was a soloist of the Bolshoi Theatre of USSR from 1960 to 1982. In 1969, she was awarded the People's Artist of the RSFSR.

She began her way to the stardom as a violinist,[2] after which she attended and graduated from the Gnessin State Musical College,[3] where she also taught since 1974.[4]

In 2002, she was awarded the Order of Honour for many years of fruitful activity in the field of culture and art.[5]

She died on 14 August 2018, the day after her 92nd birthday, after a long serious illness.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Валентина Левко". Кино-Театр.Ру. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
  2. ^ "13 августа отметит юбилей народная артистка РСФСР Валентина Левко" (in Russian). 12 August 2016.
  3. ^ Bulanov, Sergey (July 2016). "Секрет Валентины Левко. К юбилею выдающейся русской певицы". Музыкальная жизнь (in Russian). No. 7–8.
  4. ^ "Умерла народная артистка России Валентина Левко". Kulture. 15 August 2018. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
  5. ^ Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 27 ноября 2002 года No. 1362 o награждении государственными наградами Российской Федерации Retrieved 12 January 2025.
  6. ^ Diveeva, Yulia (14 August 2018). В Москве умерла оперная певица Валентина Левко Retrieved 12 January 2025.


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