Lidia Kalendareva is a multi-award winning composer, pianist & saxophonist from Saint-Petersburg.
At the age of 6, Lidia joined the theater “Around The Piano” and was able to write her first compositions for short plays.
Ten years later, Lidia founded her own ensemble “The White Night” as a singer/composer and performed her music in several Tv and Radio shows. Her ensemble won the 1st price at the song-competition in Sankt-Petersburg “Young Composers in Sankt-Petersburg” during the year 2000.
Lidia studied classical piano, composition & music theory in Sankt Petersburg, Rostock and Berlin.
She won several international piano and composing competitions in Sankt Petersburg, Prague, Vienna, Munich, Berlin, Frankfurt am Main, Zurich, New Jersey und Los Angeles.
Lidia Kalendareva is currently teaching music theory and film music at the Berlin University of the Arts (UDK) and Bremen University of the Arts (HFK).
An in depth version of Lidia Kalendareva curriculum vitae can also be found on the German Wikipedia.