Vera Pavlovna Vinogradova Biek (Russian: Вера Павловна Виноградова; 23 February 1895 – 19 April 1982)[1] was a Soviet composer[2] and pianist.
[4] She studied music at the Leningrad Conservatory under Alexander Glazunov, Leonid Nikolayev, and Maximilian Steinberg.
She married jazz musician Hermann Biek (later known as "Ben Berlin") and they had a son (Leopold) and a daughter (Nina).
[5] She and her husband lived in Berlin for a while, but moved to Tallinn in 1933 when Germany adopted a number of anti-Jewish laws.
There, she taught piano, composed, and became involved with the Russian Theater and Music Society.