[Prokofiev, Sergei. (1891–1953)] Prokofiev, Lina. (1898–1989) [Magaloff, Nikita. (1912–1992)]
Photograph of Lina and Sviatoslav Prokofiev
Photograph of the Spanish singer and wife of Sergei Prokofiev, Lina Prokofiev (born Carolina Codina), with her son Sviatoslav. Inscribed within the image (printed, not in ink) at the foot by both Sergei Prokofiev and Lina Prokofiev: "This is my wife and my son [...] 1927 / Yes. It‘s me with Svjstoslav / L. P." Fine. 4 x 6.5 inches (10.5 x 16.6 cm).Spanish singer Carolina Codina (stage name Lina Llubera) married Prokofiev in 1923. They had two children, Sviatoslav (1924–2010), an architect, and Oleg (1928–1998), an artist and poet. By around 1943, Sergei's relationship with the younger writer Mira Mendelson (1915–1968) had finally led to his separation from his wife Lina, although they never divorced. Prokofiev tried to persuade Lina and their sons to accompany him as evacuees out of Moscow, but Lina opted to stay. On 20 February 1948, Lina was arrested for 'espionage', as she tried to send money to her mother in Spain. She was sentenced to 20 years, and spent 8 years in Gulag, being eventually released in 1955, earlier than scheduled, and legally rehabilitated during Khrushchev Thaw. In 1974 she left the Soviet Union.
From the collection of Georgian-Russian pianist Nikita Magaloff and his wife Irene, the daughter of violinist Joseph Szigeti. Magaloff, born to a noble Georgian family in St. Petersburg, was influenced by family friend Serge Prokofiev and studied with Siloti and Isidor Philipp. Among the friends he made studying at the Paris Conservatory was Maurice Ravel, who considered him "a great, a truly extraordinary musician." He was especially known as the first pianist to record the complete works of Chopin, and for his elegant, refined style, which became more daring later in life. (18041)
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