Elena Dmitrievna Bashkirova (; 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.

Elena Bashkirova

Bashkirova has been married twice. 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 1982), a manager-writer for hip-hop bands, and (born 1985), a classical violinist.

Elena Bashkirova

References

1958 births

Living people

Musicians from Moscow

Israeli classical pianists

Russian classical pianists

Israeli women pianists

Jewish classical pianists

21st-century classical pianists

21st-century women pianists

Elena Bashkirova