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Born in Leningrad. Studied with G.N. Gintov at the Leningrad Music School No. 18, then with the Honored Artist of Russia, Professor I.M. Fochenko at the Music College named after N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov. In her senior year of college, she decided to focus on playing the bass domra, which she had performed in the student orchestra. She continued her musical education as a bass domra performer at the St. Petersburg State Conservatory named after N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov, studying under the guidance of Professor I.I. Shitenkov.

In 1991 she was accepted into the bass domras group of the State Academic Russian Orchestra named after V.V.Andreev. She performed as a soloist with the Andreevsky Orchestra and the ensemble of soloists of the collective under the direction of Viktor Svidzinsky, and also took part in concerts of the Conservatory and the Institute of Music of Herzen University. She became a laureate of the International Competition «St. Petersburg Spring» twice.

Lyudmila Nikolaeva gives careful consideration to the evolution of bass domra performance. She is the project manager of the International Festival «New Life of Bass Instruments».