Галина Уствольская

Galina Ivanovna Ustvolskaya (Russian: Галина Ивановна Уствольская , was a Russian composer of classical music.

Known as ‘the lady with the hammer’, her music has been described as demanding “everything from the performer", uncompromising in her trademark textured homophonic blocks of sound. Ustvolskaya created her own unique style, characterized by unusual combinations of instruments that created… More