Education
She studied cello at the Gnessin School of Music and later at the Moscow Conservatory under the tutorship of South. Kosolupov. She finished her education at that center with Mstislav Rostropovich.
She studied cello at the Gnessin School of Music and later at the Moscow Conservatory under the tutorship of South. Kosolupov. She finished her education at that center with Mstislav Rostropovich.
She taught at the Moscow Conservatory (as Head of the Cello Chair and Director of Double Bass Department) from 1974 to 1995, after Rostropovich relinquished the post on his departure from Russia. Shakhovskaya gives master classes around the world and has been a jury member at international competitions. Currently she is principal teacher at the Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía (Queen Sofía College of Music) in Madrid.