Larisa Sokolova

Larisa Sokolov (Russian Лариса Соколова) is the wife of Aleksandr S. Sokolov (Russian: Александр С. Соколов) the former Minister of Culture and Mass Communication of Russia.

She is a member of the Union of Russian Composers, and has a Ph.d. in Musicology.

Currently the Head Chair of musicology and composition in the Musical Pedagogical Institute.

[1] Born Larisa Pamfilovna (Russian: Лариса Панфиловна) in Belarus, March 31, 1955 her family relocated to Saint Petersburg where her father was stationed in the army.

She studied piano and graduated from the Minsk Conservatory.