ZAVALISHINA, Maria Semyonovna

Maria Semyonovna Zavalishina was a Soviet composer and teacher. She studied composition at the Leningrad Musical College, graduating in 1929. She was head of the music department of the Northern Siberian Dramatic Theatre, and an inspector of the Odessa (Ukraine) Art Department. She founded and was headmistress of the Music School in Sovetsk, Kirov Oblast, Russia. She was on the Artistic Committee of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic, and lectured at the Odesa Conservatory. In 1951, she began serving as a deputy artistic director of an unspecified orchestra. Zavalishina composed incidental music for over 80 plays and films. Zavalishina was awarded the Certificate of Honor of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR, and was a member of the Union of Composers of Ukraine.