Elena Bashkirova

Elena Dmitrievna Bashkirova (Russian: Елена Дмитриевна Башкирова ; born 1958) is a Russian -born pianist and musical director. She was born in Moscow , the daughter of pianist and teacher Dimitri Bashkirov . She studied at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory . She is the founder of the Metropolis Ensemble in Berlin , Germany and Jerusalem International Festival of Chamber Music (also JIFCM's artistic director) in 1998. In 1988 she became the second wife of the Argentine born pianist Daniel Barenboim . They had met while Barenboim was still married to the British cellist Jacqueline du Pré . By the time Barenboim met Bashkirova, du Pré had been diagnosed for several years with multiple sclerosis . During the last years of du Pré's illness, Barenboim and Bashkirova lived together and had two sons. The younger son Michael is a classical violinist and the elder David is a manager-writer for the German hip-hop band Level 8. Bashkirova was previously married to the violinist Gidon Kremer .

Elena Dmitrievna Bashkirova (Russian: Елена Дмитриевна Башкирова ) is a Russian -born pianist and musical director. She was born in Moscow (1958), the daughter of pianist and teacher Dimitri Bashkirov . She studied at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory . She is the founder of the Metropolis Ensemble in Berlin , Germany and Jerusalem International Festival of Chamber Music (also JIFCM's artistic director) in 1998. In 1988 she became the second wife of the Argentine born pianist Daniel Barenboim . They had met while Barenboim was still married to the British cellist Jacqueline du Pré . By the time Barenboim met Bashkirova, du Pré had been diagnosed for several years with multiple sclerosis . During the last years of du Pré's illness, Barenboim and Bashkirova lived together and had two sons. The younger son Michael is a classical violinist and the elder David is a manager-writer for the German hip-hop band Level 8. Bashkirova was previously married to the violinist Gidon Kremer .

Elena Dmitrievna Bashkirova (Russian: Елена Дмитриевна Башкирова ; born 1958) is a Russian-born Israeli pianist and musical director.

In this name that follows East 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. Her first marriage was to Gidon Kremer . In 1988, she married conductor and pianist Daniel Barenboim . 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. The couple has two sons, David Arthur Barenboim (born in 1982), a manager-writer for hip-hop bands, and Michael Barenboim (born in 1985), a classical violinist. The New York Times . "Ein Musikfestival soll nicht nur Kultur nach Jerusalem bringen – sondern auch tolerantes Denken und Solidarität" .