Collective

Tatyana Kuzmenko
Artist of the balalaikas prima group, soloist of the orchestra, historian

Born in Leningrad. During her school years, she studied at the Leningrad City Palace of Pioneers named after A.A. Zhdanov in the orchestra of Russian folk instruments under the direction of A.N. Sidorov. She graduated from the Leningrad Music College named after M.P. Mussorgsky in the balalaika class of the Honored Cultural Worker of Russia N.A. Shubin. Since 1983 she began working in the State Academic Russian Orchestra named after V.V.Andreev as an artist of the prima balalaikas group. Graduated from the St. Petersburg State Conservatory named after N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov and an assistant-internship with her in the class of the Honored Artist of Russia M.A. Danilov. For many years she has been teaching at the St. Petersburg Music College named after M.P. Mussorgsky.