Вера Дулова. Воспоминания. Статьи. Документы - стр. 26

Я всегда буду помнить её прекрасные выступления на международных арфовых конгрессах. Она была выдающейся артисткой, и я дорожу памятью о нашей глубокой дружбе.

Дорогая Наталия, я надеюсь, что эти воспоминания помогут. Как замечательно, что Вы пишете эту биографию.

С наилучшими пожеланиями и любовью,

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В тот год, когда Вера Георгиевна ушла из жизни, в журнале «World Harp Congress Review», который выходит каждую весну и зиму, были опубликованы написанный мною «Творческий портрет» Веры Георгиевны, воспоминания Катрин Мишель, Джозефа Мольнара и мои, небольшие реминисценции Адоне Цекки, Сьюзен Макдональд, Энн Стоктон, большая статья Ольги Ортенберг (в следующем номере[42]) и множество фотографий.

Vera Dulova is the person whose name symbolizes the highest achievements of the Russian Harp School and international harp performance.

Vera Georgiyevna was born on 27 January 1909. Her musical fate was predetermined in her childhood. Her grandmother was a splendid pianist who, according to P. Tchaikovsky was “one of the most brilliant representatives of the modern virtuosity.” Her father, George Dulov, was a violinist, a professor at the Moscow Conservatory and the author of twelve notebooks called The Full Course of Russian Violin Playing. Her mother, Maria Bukovskaya, was a leading singer in the Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg. It is interesting to note that even Vera’s great – grandfather was a hero of the First Patriotic War and was awarded a golden weapon by the great Russian General, M. Kutuzov.

As a child, Vera liked the cello and asked to play that instrument. Her father insisted that “the cello was not for a woman.” Vera responded, “Then, teach me to play the harp.”

Vera studied harp for her first two years with Ksenia Erdeli (1879-1971). K. Erdeli was the oldest Russian harpist, People’s Artist of the USSR, Professor of the Moscow Conservatory, and soloist of the Bolshoi Theater Orchestra. During that time, Vera had the opportunity to hear a performance by harpist Maria Korchinskaya (1895-1979), who was also a professor at the Moscow Conservatory and soloist with the Bolshoi Theater Orchestra. That single concert absolutely changed Vera’s life and her concept of the harp. From that time on, Maria Korchinskaya not only became her teacher but also her most honored and respected authority. Many years later, when Mme. Dulova was at the peak of her career touring as an established artist, she admitted to being “as nervous as a small girl” any time she knew Maria Korchinskaya was in the audience!