Sandra Droucker

Sandra Droucker (Drouker or Droucher) (7 May 1875 – 1 April 1944) was a Russian concert pianist, composer and music pedagogue.

Sandra Droucker was born in St. Petersburg, Russia, the daughter of a Jewish German father and a mother who was a member of the Russian nobility.

She studied music at the St. Petersburg Conservatory with Anton Rubinstein, and made her debut in 1894.

Notable students included the Norwegian composer and pianist Anne-Marie Ørbeck (1911–1996),[1] Hilde Lange, Leni Dilthey, Marie Silbermann, Delli Georges and Gerda Paucksch.

In 1926 Droucker returned to Berlin; however, after 1933, she left Germany because of her Jewish heritage and settled in Oslo, becoming a Norwegian citizen in 1938.