Natalia  A.  Simakova

Graduated  from  Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory  (1965,  the Department of  Composition  and  Music Theory). Completed  her  postgraduate education at the Conservatory in 1969 (scientific advisor prof. V. V. Protopopov). Ph.D., thesis: The 20^th Century Czech  Symphony (1977). Doctor of Fine Arts, thesis: Counterpoint  in  Strict Style  as Artistic  Tradition  (1993).  Taught at  the  Moscow  Conservatory,  the Music Theory Subdepartment,  from 1966 to 2016. Professor  (since 1994).  Author  of  more  than 100 published works.