Playing With Fire - The Story of Maria Yudina, Pianist in Stalin''s Russia

The incredible pianist Maria Yudina lived on the fringes of Soviet society, yet acquired legendary status during her lifetime. Elizabeth Wilson sets Yudina's extraordinary life within the context of her times, where her musical career is measured against the intense intellectual and religious ferment of the post-revolutionary period and the ensuing years of Soviet repression.

About the author

Elizabeth Wilson is a performer, teacher, and writer. She studied cello at the Moscow Conservatoire with Mstislav Rostropovich and is the author of biographies of Dmitri Shostakovich, Jacqueline du Pre, and Mstislav Rostropovich.

Product details

• Authors: Elizabeth Wilson
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2022
• EAN: 9780300253931
• ISBN: 978-0-300-25393-1
• No. of pages: 352
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > Monographs; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women, Russia, Biography: general, Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, 20th Century, MUSIC / Individual Composer & Musician, HISTORY / World, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Women, Biography: arts & entertainment, General & world history, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Gender studies: women, General and world history, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Music, Musicians, singers, bands and groups, Gender studies: women and girls, Composers and songwriters, Biography: arts and entertainment, Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), USSR, Soviet Union, History of other geographical groupings and regions, History of other lands, HISTORY / Russia / General, HISTORY / Russia / Soviet Era