Sofia Sergeevna Levkovskaya (, 25 November 1965 – 20 June 2011) was a Russian composer.http://www.conservatory.ru/files/41-43_musicus_10.pdf Archived copy https://web.archive.org/web/20/170105084509/http://www.conservatory.ru/files/41-43_musicus_10.pdf dated January 5, 2017 at Wayback Machine Musicus. 2008. No. 1 (10). pp. 41–43. She has worked with several conductors, including Alexander Titov, Fedor Lednev, Anatoly Rybalko, and ; violinists Matvey Lapin and Ilya Ioff, the singer Nadezhda Khadzheva, the flutist Georgy Dolgov, the clarinetist Ilya Gindin, the saxophonist Serafima Verholat, a violinist and composer Artur Zobnin and the pianist Nikolai Mazhara.
Levkovskaya has used musical citations in her compositions.Khazdan E. V. "Something will affect, others will be silent: Sofia Levkovskaya (1965–2011)" SPb.: Composer – Saint Petersburg, 2014.Khazdan E. V. Two self-portraits against the background of the orchestra Music Academy. 2010, No. 4. Musical critic Alexander Kharkovsky noted the highly theatrical form in her music, the use of catchy slogans as titles of her works, as well as the detailed thoughtfulness of the ideas.Kharkovsky, Alexander. "Don't ask about anything", In memory of the composer Sofia Levkovskaya
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Khazdan, E. V. "Instrumental Theater of Sofia Levkovskaya", Opera Musicologica. 2012. No 4 (14). pp. 97–114. Sofia Levkovskaya, KinoPoisk Levkovskaya, S. S. "Instrumental Theater: visual and sound dictate of the scene", Musicus. 2008. No. 1 (10). Levkovskaya, S. S. "Words. Sounds. Movements", Musicus. 2010. Nos. 1–2 (20–21). Levkovskaya, S. S.; Kharkovsky A.Z. "Free Electron of Anatoly Korolev", Musicus. 2009. No. 3 (16). Levkovskaya, S. S.; Vladimir Martynov "Casus Vita Nova", Opera Musicologica. 2010. No. 2 .
External links Audio recordings of Sofia Levkovskaya's works