As a child she studied piano at a music school in Leningrad, later at the music college associated with St. Petersburg Conservatory, and later yet at the college associated with Moscow Conservatory.
Обучалась игре на фортепиано в музыкальной школе в Ленинграде, затем в училище при Ленинградской консерватории, а затем в Москве в Мерзляковском училище.