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Alperovica-Volfsone Lija Borisovna (1916)

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SurnameAlperovica-Volfsone
NameLija
PatronymBorisovna
Birth year1916
Birth month4
Birth day18
Birth placeBelarus
SexF

Alperovica-Volfsone (née) Churilina Lija Borisovna (18.04.1916, Belarus) — pianist and accompanist. Lived in Riga from 1918. From 1936 to 1940 she studied at the Latvian State Conservatory (Prof. P. Schubert's class). From 1941 to 1944 she was evacuated to the village of Ini in the Kirov region, where she worked as a music teacher in a kindergarten. In 1945 she returned to Riga. From 1945 to 1948 she worked as an accompanist at the Latvian State Philharmonic, from 1946 at the Latvian State Conservatory, and from 1949 to 1950 at the Emils Darzins Music Secondary School. From 1948 to 1959 she taught at the piano studio of the Riga Pioneer Palace. She later emigrated to Israel.