Maria Maksakova, Jr.

Maria Petrovna Maksakova Jr. (born 24 July 1977) is a Russian opera singer, a guest soloist with Bolshoi Theater, soloist with Moscow's Helikon-Opera and Mariinsky Opera Company (2011). She is the daughter of actress Lyudmila Maksakova and granddaughter of Maria Maksakova, a renowned Russian and Soviet opera singer. Maria is the laureate of several prestigious events. Her extensive chamber repertoire includes works by Schumann, Schubert, Tchaikovsky, Rakhmaninov, Rimsky-Korsakov. In October 2016, Maksakova relocated from Moscow to Kyiv, Ukraine, with her husband Denis Voronenkov and baby son, saying that they were fleeing the political persecution of Voronenkov in Russia. On 23 March 2017, Voronenkov was murdered in Kyiv.