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          Tim Riley reviews Elizabeth Wilson's new biography “Playing with Fire: The Story of Maria Yudina, Pianist in Stalin's Russia.”.

        1. Tim Riley reviews Elizabeth Wilson's new biography “Playing with Fire: The Story of Maria Yudina, Pianist in Stalin's Russia.”.
        2. It was only because of where and when she was born — in , in the small north-west Russian town of Nevel — that her international.
        3. Maria Yudina, A podcast written, directed and narrated by Guilhem Chameyrat.
        4. It's an old and very slow documentary, but gives a lot of context about her biography and her interest in religion.
        5. Elizabeth tells us about the early life of a remarkable pianist, Maria Yudina, who rose to fame in Stalin's Russia.

          6. Maria Yudina, A podcast written, directed and narrated by Guilhem Chameyrat..

          Playing with Fire: Elizabeth Wilson (1921)

          This week, the performer and author Elizabeth Wilson speaks to Artemis from the offices of Yale University Press in Bedford Square.

          Elizabeth tells us about the early life of a remarkable pianist, Maria Yudina, who rose to fame in Stalin’s Russia.

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          Maria Yudina was born in 1899 to a Jewish family in Nevel, a small town which now sits close to Russia’s border with Belarus.

          Legend has it that Maria was Stalin’s favourite pianist.

          Biography.

          Those who have seen Armando Iannucci’s satirical film The Death of Stalin may remember the opening scene in which a pianist is forced to repeat her live performance so that a recording can be made of it and sent to Stalin.

          As Elizabeth explains in her new biography of the musician, Playing with Fire, the provenance of this story and whether it is about Maria is unclear. However, there is no shortage of fascinating and true stories about Maria, as Elizabeth shows us