Elena Dmitrievna Bashkirova (Russian: Елена Дмитриевна Башкирова; born 1958) is a Russian-born Israeli pianist and musical director.
Bashkirova was born in Moscow, the daughter of pianist and teacher Dimitri Bashkirov.
She founded the Metropolis Ensemble in Berlin, and in 1998, established the Jerusalem International Festival of Chamber Music, where she serves as artistic director.
During the last years of du Pré's life, Barenboim and Bashkirova lived together in Paris.
[4] The couple has two sons, David Arthur Barenboim (born 1982), a manager-writer for hip-hop bands, and Michael Barenboim [de] (born 1985), a classical violinist.