Николай Корольков

Nikolai Korolkov (1912–1981) - pianist-accompanist. In 1944, Nikolai Korolkov became a full-time concertmaster of the Moscow Philharmonic, and all his subsequent artistic biography will be connected with singers. Eloquent evidence of the musician's life is his discography: Korolkov performed and recorded with the most famous vocalists, including Leokadiya Maslennikova = Леокадия Масленникова, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Boris Shtokolov = Борис Штоколов. But he collaborated most closely with soloists of the Bolshoi Theater - mezzo-soprano Veronika Borisenko = Вероника Борисенко, basses Maxim Mikhailov = Максим Михайлов and Aleksander Ognivtsev. Nikolai Korolkov often accompanied them in the halls of the Leningrad Philharmonic. The pianist came here from 1947 to 1972 with other singers, including guest performers - soloists of the theaters of Sofia, Helsinki, Albanian operas.