Dmitri Bashkirov

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Dmitri Bashkirov
Born
Dmitri Aleksandrovich Bashkirov
Дми́трий Алекса́ндрович Башки́ров

(1931-11-01)November 1, 1931
Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Transcaucasian SFSR, USSR
DiedMarch 7, 2021(2021-03-07) (aged 89)
Madrid, Spain
Occupations
Organizations
Awards

Dmitri Aleksandrovich Bashkirov (

Queen Sofia College of Music in Madrid from 1991 to 2021. He taught also as a guest at other international conservatories and he is regarded as a representative of the Russian piano school.[1]

Life and career

Bashkirov[2] was born in Tbilisi, Georgia.[3] His great-aunt Lina Stern, a biochemist, physiologist and humanist, was the first female member of the Soviet Academy of Sciences. He studied at the Tbilisi Conservatory for ten years with Anastasia Virsaladze,[1] then at the Moscow Conservatory with Alexander Goldenweiser.[1][4]

Pianist

He achieved a first prize at the

Evgeny Svetlanov, George Szell, Yuri Temirkanov and Carlo Zecchi.[5][6][7] He played chamber music with Igor Bezrodny (violin) and Mikhail Khomitzer. Bashkirov became an Honored Artist of the RSFSR in 1968. In 1980, his international career was interrupted by a ban of concerts outside Russia, revoked in 1988 by Mikhail Gorbachev.[4] Bashkirov was awarded the People's Artist of the RSFSR in 1990.[7]

Bashkirov was a recording artist with the Swiss classical record label Claves, recording concerts of

Beethoven. He recorded an album with piano music from a Haydn sonata to Rodion Shchedrin's Piano Sonata No. 1. A reviewer noted his "often unusual, highly imaginative interpretations", excelling in "virtuosic, romantic-period works, ... deploying lightness of touch and brilliant technique", and playing Schubert "unusually free in both rhythm and tempo".[8] His playing of Rachmaninoff's music was described by a reviewer of the FAZ as of a "bold, sometimes steely elegance" ("kühne, manchmal stählerne Eleganz").[4]

Teaching

Bashkirov taught at the Moscow Conservatory from 1957 to 1991.[5][7] He also held master courses in connection with the Jyväskylä Summer Festival in 1968-1972 and 1977-1979. In 1991, he moved to the Reina Sofía School of Music in Madrid, where he held the chair for piano from its beginning in 1991.[5]

Queen Sofia.[5]

Juror

Bashkirov served regularly in the juries of prestigious piano competitions, including the Paloma O'Shea International Piano Competition in Santander in 1995, 1998 and 2002.[12] He was juror for the Artur Rubinstein Competition in 1992, 1998 and 2011.[13]

Family and death

Bashkirov had a daughter, Elena, who is married to Daniel Barenboim.[14] His son, Kirill Bashkirov, is a photographer specialised in portraiture, landscape and sports.[15]

Bashkirov died in Madrid on March 7, 2021, at age 89.[4][16][17]

References

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  3. ^ a b "Baschkirow, Dmitri". Munzinger Online/Personen – Internationales Biographisches Archiv (in German). Ravensburg: Munzinger Online/KLfG. 2008. Retrieved February 16, 2020. (subscription required)
  4. ^ a b c d e Brachmann, Jan (March 9, 2021). "Ein Meteor ist verglüht / Zum Tod des Pianisten Dmitri Baschkirow". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). Retrieved March 9, 2012.
  5. ^ a b c d e f "Dmitri Bashkirov". Reina Sofía School of Music. Retrieved March 9, 2012.
  6. ^ a b c "Dmitri Bashkirov". Bechstein. Retrieved March 9, 2012.
  7. ^ a b c d e f "Dmitri Bashkirov". highresaudio.com. Retrieved March 9, 2012.
  8. ^ Kang. "Dmitri Bashkirov" (PDF). American Record Guide. Retrieved March 9, 2012.
  9. ^ Hillériteau, Thierry (March 8, 2021). "Dmitri Bashkirov, une âme du piano russe s'éteint". Le Figaro (in French). Retrieved March 9, 2012.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Fallece el maestro de pianistas Dmitri Bashkirov". Scherzo (in Spanish). March 8, 2021. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
  11. ^ a b c "Prof. Dmitri Bashkirov". Gemeinnützige Stiftung Internationale Musikakademie in Liechtenstein. May 14, 2020. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
  12. ^ "Paloma O'Shea Santander International Piano Competition / Winners, members of the jury and artistic guests". Retrieved March 8, 2021.
  13. ^ "Dmitri Bashkirov". Artur Rubinstein International Music Society. Retrieved March 9, 2012.
  14. ^ Jessica Duchen (July 18, 2012). "Daniel and Michael Barenboim: The family that plays together..." The Independent. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
  15. ^ "Photography". kirill.vision.
  16. El Pais
    (in Spanish). Retrieved March 9, 2012.
  17. ^ "Ha muerto Dmitri Bashkirov". codalario.com (in Spanish). March 8, 2021. Retrieved March 8, 2021.

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