Background
Olga Ivanovna Nikolaenko (née Kozlovskaya) was born on the 13th of March, 1955 in Voronezh, Russian Federation.
Olga Ivanovna Nikolaenko (née Kozlovskaya) was born on the 13th of March, 1955 in Voronezh, Russian Federation.
In 1974 Olga Ivanovna graduated from the Voronezh Music and Pedagogical College and in 1979 - the Voronezh State Institute of Arts (the class of Associate Professor L.E. Ezhov).
Since 1983 Olga Ivanovna was working at the Voronezh State Institute of Arts (now Voronezh State Academy of Arts) as lecturer, senior lecturer, associate professor, professor (2005) and head of the department of choral conducting (since 1997). Since 1997, the artistic director of the choir of the Voronezh State Academy of Arts.
As chairman and member of the jury, Olga Ivanovna took part in many city, regional, Russian and international competitions. She is the chairman of the choral section of the regional methodical center.
In 1997, following the annual Voronezh theater competition "Event of the Season", she was awarded for performance with the choir of the Academy of Art "Requiem" Verdi.
In 2006 Olga Ivanovna Nikolaenko was recognized as the best conductor by the high international jury of the XXII competition named after B. Bartok (Hungary).
In 2010 Nikolaenko became the winner of the television award "Leader of the Year - 2010" of the governmental contest of the Voronezh region with the participation of the TV company "Guberniya".
For great achievements, in 2012, she was awarded the Diploma of the Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation A. Avdeev.
In 2014 Olga Nikolaenko became the winner in the competition for grants from the government of the Voronezh region in the nomination for a creative project for the implementation of the project "Great Essays about Mother".
