Michael Tanner

Playing until her fingers bled: the dedication of the pianist Maria Yudina

Elizabeth Wilson celebrates the great Russian musician who never owned her own piano and gave her earnings to the poor

Maria Yudina at the piano in the late 1920s or early 1930s. [Collection of Yakov Nazarov]
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  • Playing with Fire: The Story of Maria Yudina, Pianist in Stalin’s Russia

    Elizabeth Wilson

    Yale University Press, pp. 352, £25

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