Youri EGOROV

Translated using translation soiftware (edited by your webmaster) In his home country they say, "He is a great promise." Juri Jegorov, almost twenty-two, is not married and is considered one of the promises of Soviet music. He is a student at the Moscow Conservatory. His teacher, the famous Jewish pianist Jakov Zak, mentioned < all the possible benefits > Although still little known to the general public, Jegorov is well known in the circles of Soviet music criticism. Before entering the Moscow Conservatory, he studied at the N.G. Zhiganov Kazan State Conservatory in Kazan, his hometown, with Irina Dubinina. In 1974 he was prize winner of the Moscow Tchaikovsky Competition (3rd prize), the most important competition in Russia. A tour was offered in Italy, an exchange program of Soviet and foreign musicians in Italy. Where does the Russian pianist, who fled from Brescia, and his Belgium friend hide? A taxi driver accompanied him to the station - Two days ago Youri Jegorov would have been seen in Milan in Piazza della Scala - The organizers of the festival were worried, but they have already provided for the replacement of the musician. From our correspondent. Brescia. Jegorov has vanished like a bird: we have not heard from the Soviet pianist for the last few days. The last time, it seems, he was seen yesterday around 7pm in Milan's Piazza della Scala. Jerorov would have come to Milan by train. At the station of Brescia he was thrown to the ground by the taxi driver of Brescia with his car radio with the indication Pisa I. Jegorov, who was staying in a hotel in the center of Brescia, recently asked for a car and had himself brought to the station. Another guest from the same hotel, a Belgian friend of the Soviet musician, called a taxi shortly afterwards and was also brought to the station. Jerorov would arrive by train in Milan. The two friends would have taken the train to Milan together. What are the reasons for the departure of the Soviet pianist? Political or other reasons? < Among the pianists that we had requested in Moscow for the international piano festival - told us yesterday that the director of the event, maestro Agostino Orizio - they did not understood Jegorov. He was officially sent by the Soviet Ministry of Culture because apparently his talents are appreciated. As part of the 8th contemporary music festival that takes place between Brescia and Bergamo, he was given the task of commemorating Dimitru Sciostacovic, a great musician who died in August last year >. Surprisingly, the young man did not show up the moment he opened the curtain on the opening night of the music festival, on stage of the Teatro Grande. It took almost an hour to wait, and then another pianist, Carlo Levi Minzi, who was also on the program for after the break, replaced Jegorov. He brilliantly supported his whole evening performance. < Needless to say - Master Orizio explains - that we are very concerned and that our fears increase with the passing of hours. I do not want to make any predictions or indicate hypotheses of any kind. However, we fear that something very unpleasant could happen to him >. Not much is said about it, so told the hotel that he has been booked by the management of the festival of which he was a guest. However, according to rumours that we have gathered, it seems that he left his room on Sunday evening. This is not the only detail of a certain interest: it also seems - but we are always on the point of rumours because nothing has been officially confirmed - that he has met several times with a friend of his from Belgium, a country that he had visited before. Youri received third prize in the Brussels 1975 Queen Elisabeth piano competition. Various hypotheses are made in the festival community. Some argue that, as we have mentioned, political reasons: Jegorov would have decided to leave the Soviet Union, even though he has always had the maximum satisfaction in his home country in a fast career, as evidenced by the fact that he was selected by his own superiors to participate in the concerts of Bergamo and Brescia. Others, on the other hand, believe that Yegorov has just come up with a small escape, an extravagance from an artist. Others still start from the hypothesis of an escapade of a sentimental nature: that he fell in love with a beautiful Italian? But the latter are silenced by the fact that the young musician has left with his Belgian friend, if it is true that this mysterious friend, whose last name might be Dusart, is accompanying him. Everything must be determined, everything must be verified: The news of his disappearance has also reached Rome. Yesterday morning the Soviet embassy came into contact with maestro Orizio. < It was - said the director of the festival - a long conversation, but I said nothing other than what I told journalists. We are all in the dark here >. In the meantime, the consul general of the Soviet Union in Genoa is expected in Brescia, who has been appointed by the ambassador of his country to work with the police authorities to shed new light on the case of the Moscow pianist. Danilo Tamaginini.

Translated using translation software (edited by your webmaster) The Russian pianist asks Rome for political asylum. Rome, May 19. 22-year-old Russian pianist Juri Jegerov, who dissapeared two days ago in Brescia, is in Rome and has asked the authorities for political asylum. He presented himself yesterday afternoon at the police station in Rome and asked for an interview with the manager of the immigration office, Dr. Piezzi. The musician, after submitting a request for political asylum, asked for protection of the Italian police. Juri Jegerov has been taken to a scenic location and is supervised by people of the political office. Juri Jegerov would give a concert last night in Bergamo, in the < Donizetti > theater, as part of the 8th International Festival of Contemporary Music, an integral part of the piano festival. Juri Jegerov, when he disappeared from Brescia, was in company of a friend, he knew from Brussels.