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I was born in the USSR and was lucky as my parents were both engineers in good Government jobs. I had a very happy childhood and was sent to a special school where I was educated in French.
I guess I was always a strong individual and I can remember dreaming of being an actress.
Like all my contemporaries I was a member of Soviet Youth and went on agricultural work camps and other correct activities. However, being Jewish, I always viewed myself as a young dissident and many of my friends shared the same ideals.
I was married in St Petersburg in 1987 to Mikael Bezverknhy an internationally known Violinist ,becaming his accompanist and Trio partner.
A turbulent period of my life, between 1995 and 2000 resulted in me being divorced, remarried widowed and diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis.
But life is strange, from that disasterous period has come a new life.
I play now exclusively for Multiple Sclerosis awareness and fundraising and this takes me all over the world.
I have been rersearching Russian Romantic Music and I started to write about performance and the history of music in Russia.
I enjoy my music more now than at any other time in my life - I feel very close to my audience.
I have met many remarkable people in the last 5 years and have been inspired to create the concept of... music for MS.
My Book is Published
At the moment only in Russian
but please look at my publisher Sport and Cultura's
web site