Ekaterina Senyavina
Composer and pianist · Russia · On the map · Musicians · Lived 1761 to 1784 · aged 23
Yekaterina Alexeyevna Senyavina (1761-1784) was a Russian composer and pianist. In 1781, at the court of Catherine II she was the harpsichordist for what was probably the first performance of a harpsichord concerto by Giovanni Paisiello.
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She composed numerous short instrumental and keyboard pieces for private court occasions. Her harpsichord sonatas with violin accompaniment, now lost, are among the earliest known examples of keyboard sonatas by a composer of Russian origin. She served as a lady-in-waiting and composer at the court, married Count Simon Romanovich Vorontsov and died in Pisa.
