Nadezhda Simonyan (February 26, 1922 - June 7, 1997) was a Russian composer,[1] who wrote over 40 film scores[2] for movies, radio, and television, as well as chamber and orchestral works, and music for circus performances.
She studied composition and piano at Leningrad Conservatory, where she received a diploma in 1950 and earned a medal.
Her teachers included Oles Chishko and Venedikt Pushkov.
warm melodiousness that equally energizes cheerful, dramatic, and tragic episodes with a pragmatic, flexible approach to instrumentation.”[5] In 1960, Italian film maker Federico Fellini praised her soundtrack for the movie Lady with the Dog.
[6] She often used smaller chamber orchestras, sometimes with folk instruments, for her film scores.