Lydia Davydova

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Lydia Davydova is a Russian soprano. She has sung premieres of works by Edison Denisov (Sun of the Incas, fp 1964), Dmitri Smirnov (The Handful of Sand, fp 1971; The Sorrow of Past Days, fp 1977; The Seasons, fp 1980; Fearful Symmetry, fp 1981; Song of Destiny, fp 1981; Six Poems, fp 1986), Sofia Gubaidulina (Roses, fp 1974) and Alfred Schnittke (Three Scenes, fp 1981).

Since 1993 she has been director of Madrigal (ensemble), the early music group founded by Andrey Volkonsky.