About Youri Egorov
Youri Aleksandrovich Egorov (Russian: Юрий Александрович Егоров; 28 May 1954 – 16 April 1988) was a Soviet and Dutch classical pianist. == Early years == Born in Kazan, USSR, Youri Egorov studied music at the Kazan Conservatory from the age of 6 until age 17. One of his early teachers was Irina Dubinina, a former pupil of Yakov Zak. At the age of 17, in 1971, Egorov won 4th prize at the Marguerite Long-Jacques Thibaud Competition in Paris. He then studied at the Moscow Conservatory with Yakov Zak. Egorov remained at the Moscow Conservatory for six years. In 1974, Egorov won the bronze medal at the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. In 1975, he was awarded the 3rd prize at the Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition of Belgium. == Defection and career in the West == Egorov defected from the Soviet Union in 1976 while on a concert tour in Rome, Italy and travelled to Amsterdam where he was to meet Jan Brouwer (1947–1988), his long term partner. In 1977 Egorov participated in the Van Cliburn Competition in Fort Worth, Texas.
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