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Jan Brouwer & Youri Egorov
May. 28th, 2015 08:09 pm
Youri Aleksandrovich Egorov (May 28, 1954 – April 16, 1988) was a Soviet classical pianist. Egorov defected from the Soviet Union in 1976 while on a concert tour in Rome, Italy. "The combination of bad habits and sheltered existence perhaps explains why, on seeking political asylum during a tour in Italy, he cluelessly took his case to the Communist police. Somehow, he was treated sympathetically, and made his way to Amsterdam (a fine place for practicing bad habits), where he's said to have been discovered sleeping on a park bench by the man who later became his partner. Though Egorov's stated reasons for emigrating were political, they in fact had more to with sexual politics. Gay bashing wasn't a common term then, but muggings he described in Moscow more or less amounted to that." ("Recalling a pianist's fleeting brilliance". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. E01., David Patrick Stearns (2008-08-19).)Although he took an apartment in Manhattan in the late 1970's, and he and his longtime companion, Jan Brouwer (1947-1988), established a residence in Monte Carlo for tax purposes, Mr. Egorov counted Amsterdam as his home throughout his 12 years in the West. Youri Egorov died on April 1988, one of the first victims of AIDS among his friends, and four months later, Jan Brouwer followed him. They are buried close to each other in Driehuis, Velsen Municipality, Noord-Holland, Netherlands (Plot: 0241)
Born in Kazan, USSR, Youri Egorov studied music at the Kazan Conservatory from the age of 6 until age 17. One of his early teachers was Irina Dubinina, a former pupil of Yakov Zak.
At the age of 17, in 1971, Egorov took 4th Prize in Paris at the Marguerite Long-Jacques Thibaud Competition. He next studied at the Moscow Conservatory with Yakov Zak. Egorov remained at the Moscow Conservatory for six years. In 1974, Egorov won the Bronze Medal at the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. In 1975, he was awarded the 3rd Prize at the Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition Of Belgium.
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Youri Egorov was a Soviet classical pianist. Egorov defected from the Soviet Union in 1976 while on a concert tour in Rome, Italy. He made his way to Amsterdam, where he was discovered sleeping on a park bench by the man who later became his partner. He and his longtime companion, Jan Brouwer, counted Amsterdam as their home throughout his 12 years in the West. Youri Egorov died on April 1988; one of the first victims of AIDS among his friends, and four months later, Jan Brouwer followed him.
Jan Brouwer & Youri Egorov are buried together in Driehuis, Velsen Municipality, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.
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Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youri_Egorov
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