Second loss in St Petersburg family

Second loss in St Petersburg family

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norman lebrecht

October 31, 2019

There was a concert last night at the Mariinsky in the memory of the great Russian mezzo Irina Bogacheva, who died five weeks ago.

Hours earlier, Irina’s daughter Elena Gaudasinskaya died of cancer at the age of 52.

Elena was head of the piano accompaniment department at the St Petersburg Conservatoire.

 

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