Daniel Barenboim Wife: Meet Elena Bashkirova

Elena Bashkirova is the wife of Argentine-born classical pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim .

The couple met in the early 1980s, while Daniel Barenboim was still married to his first wife  Jacqueline du Pré.

During the last years of du Pré’s life, Barenboim and Bashkirova lived together in Paris. Barenboim believed he had succeeded in keeping his relationship with Bashkirova hidden from du Pré.

They have two sons, David Arthur Barenboim, a manager-writer for hip-hop bands, and Michael Barenboim, a classical violinist.

Daniel Barenboim’s wife Elena Dmitrievna Bashkirova is an Israeli pianist and musical director of Russian origin.

Elena Bashkirova is the daughter of pianist and teacher Dimitri Bashkirov. She was born in Moscow. Elena Bashkirova went to the Tchaikovsky Conservatory.

She launched the Metropolis Ensemble, and in 1998 in Berlin and she founded the Jerusalem International Festival of Chamber Music, where she currently serves as artistic director.