Mariya Yudina (1899–1970)
Mariya Yudina was a radical classical pianist born into a Jewish family in Tsarist Russia who later converted to Orthodox Christianity under Stalin’s atheist regime. She was banned multiple times, living in poverty, and never silenced, she refused to separate her art from her convictions. Her story, and how she used art to as a form of reverence, and resistance, is powerful. Somehow, in the heart of tyranny, she made eternity, audible.
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Maria Yudian playing Mozart Piano Concerto No 20
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