Sofia Asgatovna Gubaidulina, (, ) (born October 24, 1931) is a Russian composer of Tatar ethnicity. Career Gubaidulina was born in Chistopol, in the Tatar ASSR. In her youth she would spend much time praying in the fields near her home that she might one day become a composer. She studied composition and piano at the Kazan Conservatory, graduating in 1954. In Moscow she undertook further studies at the Conservatory with Nikolay Peyko until 1959, and then with Shebalin until 1963. During her studies in Soviet Russia, her music was labeled "irresponsible" for its exploration of alternative tunings. She was supported, however, by Dmitri Shostakovich, who in evaluating her final examination encouraged her to continue down her "mistaken path". During this time, however, she was allowed to express her modernism in various scores she composed for documentary films, including the 1968 production,

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