Olga Kaverzneva (12 May 1926 – 25 December 2006) was a Russian violinist and music educator. She was named an Honored Artist of the RSFSR in 1991.
She graduated from the Odessa Conservatory in 1949, where she studied with F. E. Makstman, and also studied with B. Z. Mordkovich. While there, she played in the orchestra of the Odessa Opera and Ballet Theatre. She completed postgraduate studies at the Moscow Conservatory in 1954 with David Oistrakh and defended a candidate dissertation in art history titled “On the Performance of the Soviet Violin Concerto, Using Khachaturian’s Concerto as an Example.”
During her postgraduate studies, Kaverzneva played first violin in the Moscow Conservatory Quartet, which won first prize at the Prague Spring International Music Festival in 1950. As a soloist, she also competed in the Queen Elisabeth International Competition in 1951, where she received seventh prize.
Kaverzneva joined the Moscow Conservatory faculty in 1954, became an associate professor in 1972, and was appointed professor in 1992.