In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Dmitrievna and the family name is Bashkirova.
Elena Dmitrievna Bashkirova (Russian: Елена Дмитриевна Башкирова; born 1958) is a Russian-born Israeli pianist and musical director.
Bashkirova was born in Moscow, the daughter of pianist and teacher Dimitri Bashkirov. She studied at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory. She founded the Metropolis Ensemble in Berlin, and in 1998, established the Jerusalem International Festival of Chamber Music, where she serves as artistic director.[1]
Bashkirova has been married twice. Her first marriage was to Gidon Kremer.[2] In 1988, she married conductor and pianist Daniel Barenboim.[3] Bashkirova and Barenboim had met in the early 1980s, while Barenboim was still married to Jacqueline du Pré. During the last years of du Pré's life, Barenboim and Bashkirova lived together in Paris.[4] The couple has two sons, David Arthur Barenboim (born 1982), a manager-writer for hip-hop bands, and Michael Barenboim [de] (born 1985), a classical violinist.[5]
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^Ted Shen (10 January 2002). "Elena Bashkirova". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
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^Aditya Chakrabortty (16 August 2016). "Daniel Barenboim on ageing, mistakes and why Israel and Iran are twin brothers". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
Elena Dmitrievna Bashkirova (Russian: Елена Дмитриевна Башкирова; born 1958) is a Russian-born Israeli pianist and musical director. Bashkirova was born...
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Music Festival, and the Jerusalem Chamber Music Festival, founded by ElenaBashkirova in 2009. Grosz plays a 1570 Gasparo da Salò viola on loan for life...
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as Dmitri Alexeev, Arcadi Volodos, Nikolai Demidenko, his daughter ElenaBashkirova, Boris Bloch [de], Jonathan Gilad, Kirill Gerstein, Stanislav Ioudenitch...
worldwide, including Chamber Music Festival in Jerusalem founded by ElenaBashkirova in 2009. In 2013, Braunstein left the Berlin Philharmonic in order...
James Baillieu, Julien Quentin, Kathryn Stott, Stephen Kovacevich, ElenaBashkirova, Julian Rachlin, Steven Isserlis and Hélène Grimaud. In 2022, composer...
Piotr Tchaikovsky: The Seasons Op. 37bis, Children’s Album Op. 39; ElenaBashkirova (Gideon Boss GB008) Solo instrument: Sergei Lyapunov – Works for Piano...
Istropolitana, Edita Gruberová, José Carreras, Gösta Winbergh, Ivo Pogorelić, ElenaBashkirova, Jochen Kowalski, Mario Adorf, Michael Mendl, Zubin Mehta, Daniel Barenboim...
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