Davydova Inna (b. September 27, 1961, Šiauliai) – pianist, accompanist, and cultural activist.
In 1968, Inna Davydova moved to Riga. In 1981, she graduated from the Jāzeps Mediņš Riga Music High School (under Džemma Lifšica), and in 1987 from the Latvian State Conservatory (now the Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music) with a specialization in piano (under V. Brovaka). In 1994, she completed her master’s degree in the collaborative piano program (under Ilze Willerusha).
She performs as a pianist-accompanist with renowned vocalists such as Inessa Galante, Inga Kalna, Andrejs Bigača, Tatiana Monogarova, Irina Dolzhenko, Egils Siliņš, Elīna Garanča, and Andris Saifiulin, and also lectures. Her concert programs are marked by a strong dramaturgical core and an inner logic of musical development. Notable thematic and artistically ambitious programs include:
Songs by Hugo Wolf and Nikolai Medtner set to Goethe's poetry (with A. Bigača and I. Davydova, 1995)
An evening of vocal duets by Mendelssohn, Schumann, and Brahms (I. Kalna, A. Bigača, I. Davydova, 1997)
Jewels of Vocal Romanticism: songs by Schubert, Wolf, and Strauss (Egils Siliņš and Inna Davydova, 2005)
Musical Discoveries: works by L. Spohr, G. Meyerbeer, C. Kreutzer, P. Cornelius, and F. Tietz (for mezzo-soprano, clarinet, and piano – 2002)
Forgotten Pages: romances by Taneev and Arensky (A. Saifiulin and I. Davydova, 2000)
Russian Vocal Lyricism: Glinka, Rachmaninov, and Tchaikovsky (I. Dolzhenko and I. Davydova, 2004), performed in both Riga and Moscow.
She performs widely in Latvia and internationally (Russia, Lithuania, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, the UK, Italy, Japan, Canada, the USA, Israel, Slovenia, among others).
In 1998, she founded the Herman Braun Foundation, blending her music career with arts administration. The Foundation has introduced important musical traditions to Latvia’s cultural scene: the Winterfest winter festival, the Summertime summer festival, annual performances of Mozart’s Requiem, Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, and Handel’s Messiah during the Christmas season. The “To the City and the World” concert cycle has gained recognition as a cultural event of national significance.
In the 2002/2003 season, she chaired the Advisory Council on Music under Latvia’s Ministry of Culture. In 2005, the Jūrmala City Council awarded the Herman Braun Foundation the Year’s Prize for successfully organizing the first SUMMERTIME – INESSA GALANTE INVITES festival and contributing to the city’s cultural development. In 2006, she received the Rienzi Prize for achievements in cultural management. She was named Woman of the Year in Culture (2008), and that same year, was awarded the Order of the Three Stars IV Class, Latvia’s highest state honor. In summer 2009, she was awarded the Diaghilev Order “For Service to Russian Culture” by the Diaghilev Center in Jūrmala.