Igor Markeivtch was such an extravagant personality. He was born in Ukraine, but soon his family moved to Paris and later to Switzerland. His whole life was connected with the most important artists of Western Europe: he was the last protegee of Diagilev, he learned music under Cortot and Boulanger, was a friend of Igor Stravinsky (Markevitch was also called "Igor-junior"), Clara Haskil, literator Jean Cocteau and many other prominent people of the time. Markevitch started his musical career as [...]
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