 She studied at Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatoty, where she was a disciple of Alexander Goldenweiser.Since 1961 she has devoted herself to teaching, first in Moscow — at Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, and later in Madrid — at the Reina Sofía School of Music ("Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía").She was the teacher of Maria Stembolskaya, Radu Lupu, Stanislav Ioudenitch, Marina Tchebourkina, Arcadi Volodos, Juan Pérez Floristán, Luis Fernando Pérez, and Pierre Delignies Calderón.