Daniel Barenboim and Elena Bashkirova (Couple)

(1988 - present) (2 children)

In the early 1980s, Barenboim had a relationship with the Russian pianist Elena Bashkirova. The two lived together and had two children (David Arthur Barenboim, born in Paris in 1982, now manager-writer for hip-hop bands, and Michael Barenboim, born in Paris in 1985, now a violinist) and were married in 1988, a year after Jacqueline's death.