Olga Borovskaya-Pigulevskaya

Olga Borovsky (married Pigulevsky; 20th of April 1892, Tula Governorate, Russian Empire – 25th of April 1986, Riga, Latvian SSR) – a pianist and a teacher.

She moved for permanent residence to Latvia from Russia in 1924 and lived in Riga.

O. Borovsky performed solo in 1930s, took part in the concerts of the Russian Musical Association (in 1936).

Her musical technique was marked with expressiveness and high skills.

In addition, O. Borovsky was engaged in pedagogical work, ran her own piano playing studio, in 1940s was teaching at Latvian State Conservatory and for 25 years had been working at the special E. Darziņš musical school.

She was a talanted pedagogue, a typical representative of Russian piano school.

Among her students was a famous Latvian composer and pianist Raimonds Pauls.

Photo. The Piano Department, 1947.

In the first row (from left to right): Veronika Asere, Arvids Daugulis, Emma Eglīte, Dora Braun, Valery Zost, Arvid Zhilinsky, Nikolay Dauge.

In the second row (from left to right): Marc Slutsky, Olga Borovsky, Herman Brown, Juta Daugule, Igor Kalniņš.

Marina Michailets

Sources of information:

ЛГИА, ф. 2996, оп. 2, д. 27889.

"К КОНЦЕРТУ РУССКОГО МУЗЫКАЛЬНОГО ОБЪЕДИНЕНИЯ". – Журнал "Для вас", 1936, №4.