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Playing with Fire: The Story of Maria Yudina, a Pianist of the Stalin Era

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At the age of seventeen, Maria Yudina declared that she would dedicate her life to music: "Art is my calling, like a path to God." She pursued this calling throughout her life.
Yudina was at the height of her fame during World War II, performing on the radio almost daily, giving concerts for the wounded and soldiers, and performing for residents of Leningrad during the siege. She was subsequently dismissed for ideological reasons from the three institutes where she taught. Yet, in the words of Shostakovich, Yudina remained "a special case... The ocean was knee-deep for her..."
In this sensational biography, Elizabeth Wilson examines Yudina's extraordinary life in the context of her time, against the backdrop of the intense intellectual and religious ferment of the post-revolutionary period and the subsequent Stalin era. The book is enriched with rare photographs and illustrations from museums and private collections.
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