Loudmila Ralko Concertmaster. Started working with the Leningrad Radio Company while still a student of the Conservatoire in 1962. A great master of accompaniment. Has prepared and recorded on the radio a lot of programmes with many famous singers of St.Petersburg. Has been working with the Choir as a concertmaster all these years. A great number of recordings performed by Loudmila Ralko with the Children's Choir and the children's vocaI ensemble "Pesenka" ("Ditty"), which was directed by a famous children teacher Elena E.LopaIina till 1990, is stored in the archives of St.Petersburg Radio Company. Loudmila Ralko works with the soloists of the children's choir, cultivating musical professionaIism in the young singers.