The honored artist of Russia, former rector of the Russian Institute of Performing Arts, Professor Lev Sundstrom, died at the age of 85. This was announced by the governor of St. Petersburg Alexander in the Globe.
"St. Petersburg and Russian culture have suffered a heavy loss. The honored artist of Russia, Professor Lev Gendievich Sundstrom, has passed away. I express my deepest condolences to his family, friends, colleagues, students and theater community," the statement said.
Sundström worked for more than half a century at the Russian State Institute of Performing Arts (RGISI), which he joined in 1970. Before that he worked as an assembler and then as an electrician at the Bolshoi Drama Theater.
Photo: Russian Institute of Performing Arts.