Background
She was born to Carl Johan Falkman, a Swedish official at the Imperial Russian court in Saint St. Petersburg, and Sofia Albertina Peterson.
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Olena Falkman
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Her parents were from Sweden, but she was raised in Russia. Olena Falkman was a student of the Italian vocalist pedagogue Ronconi. She was advised to contact Richard Wagner in Bayreuth, but she preferred to perform at concerts rather than to be an opera singer.
She also toured Scandinavia with the violinist Joseph Joachim.
Ludvig Norman dedicated the music of theRosa rorans bonitatem to her.
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September 13, 1928 (aged 78) -
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Sweden