Jelena Dmitrievna Bashkirova

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Jelena Dmitrijewna Bashkirova ( Russian Елена Дмитриевна Башкирова , English Elena Bashkirova ; * 1958 in Moscow ) is a Russian pianist, co-founder of the Metropolis Ensemble Berlin and artistic director of the Jerusalem Chamber Music Festival ( International Jerusalem Chamber Music Festival ).

Life

Bashkirova was born in Moscow as the daughter of the pianist and teacher Dmitri Bashkirow . She studied at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in her father's master class. In 1978 she left the Soviet Union and moved to Paris.

She is a regular guest with well-known orchestras such as the Munich Philharmonic , the Berlin Philharmonic , the Vienna Symphony and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra . In 1998 she founded the International Jerusalem Chamber Music Festival , which takes place every September. Since it was founded, she has been responsible for the design of the festival as artistic director. This festival has become an integral part of cultural life in Israel. Guest performances and a. in Berlin, Paris, London, Vienna and New York make the festival known far beyond the borders of Israel. In 2012 she founded an annual partner program in Berlin, the chamber music festival Intonations in the Jewish Museum . In 2018 Jelena Baschkirowa was awarded the Ruhr Piano Festival Prize.

Jelena Bashkirowa has been married to the pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim since 1988 . The couple have two sons, Michael Barenboim , who is a classical violinist , and producer and songwriter David Barenboim ( KD-Supier ). She was previously married to the violinist Gidon Kremer .

DVD

  • Elena Bashkirova and Friends from the Jerusalem International Chamber Music Festival 2008, producer: Paul Smacny

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Elena Bashkirova. In: Lucerne Festival . April 2017 .;
  2. ↑ Volker Michael: International Chamber Music Festival Jerusalem: Waltz Dream on the Temple Mount. In: Deutschlandfunk Kultur . 15th October 2019 .;
  3. ^ Intonations , Chamber Music Festival in the Jewish Museum Berlin
  4. ^ Prize of the Ruhr Piano Festival for pianist Elena Bashkirova. In: Klassik.com . June 21, 2018 .;
personal data
SURNAME Bashkirova, Jelena Dmitrijewna
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Башкирова, Елена Дмитриевна (Russian); Bashkirova, Elena (English spelling)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian pianist
DATE OF BIRTH 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Moscow