Richter’s curator has died, aged 98

Richter’s curator has died, aged 98

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norman lebrecht

December 01, 2020

The formidable Irina Antonova, director of the Pushkin Museum for 52 years who enticed Sviatoslav Richter to play historic recitals in her hall, is being mourned by cultural Russians.

Antonova was th world’s longest seving museum chief.

The cause of death was Covid-19.

 

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