Elena Dmitrievna Bashkirova (; born 1958) is a Russian-born

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i pianist and musical director. Bashkirova was born in

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, the daughter of pianist and teacher

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. She studied at the

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. She founded the Metropolis Ensemble in Berlin, and in 1998, established the Jerusalem International Festival of Chamber Music, where she serves as artistic director. Bashkirova has been married twice. Her first marriage was to

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. In 1988, she married conductor and pianist

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. Bashkirova and Barenboim had met in the early 1980s, while Barenboim was still married to

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. 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

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bands, and (born 1985), a classical violinist.

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