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Yekaterina Gavrilovna Stravinsky (née Nosenko) (January 25, 1881 – March 2, 1939) was a Russian and French painter and amanuensis who was the cousin and first wife of Igor Stravinsky. Born in Gorval, a village in Minsk Governorate, she spent most of her childhood in Kiev, where her mother died from tuberculosis in 1883.
In August 1905, Stravinsky announced his engagement to Yekaterina Nosenko, his first cousin whom he had met in 1890 during a family trip. He later recalled: From our first hour together we both seemed to realize that we would one day marry—or so we told each other later.
Yekaterina Gavrilovna Stravinsky was a Russian and French painter and amanuensis who was the cousin and first wife of Igor Stravinsky.
On 23 January 1906,Igor Stravinsky married his cousin Yekaterina Gavrilovna Nosenko or Katya, in the face of great opposition from the Orthodox Church, to which Stravinsky belonged. They had four children, Fyodor (1907 and Ludmila (1908), Soulima (1910) and Marina Milena (1913).
Mar 10, 2021 · Learn about the composer's three wives and his alleged affair with Coco Chanel. Katya, his first cousin and childhood sweetheart, supported his early career and moved with him to Paris.
1. His father was a famous bass in the Imperial Theaters. Fyodor Stravinsky, father of the famous composer Igor Stravinsky. Getty Images. One of the most radical composers of the 20th century...
Stravinsky's daughter Ludmilla and wife Yekaterina died of their illnesses in November 1938 and March 1939, respectively, followed by Stravinsky's own quarantine and the death of his mother Anna in June 1939.
