Mach. In it, he spoke candidly on the topics of rehearsal, pre-concert nervousness, artistic restrictions in Russia, and homosexuality. Sviatoslav Richter, Dinu Lipatti, Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Vladimir Horowitz and Glenn Gould are among the pianists Youri Egorov cited as having influenced him. Death and legacy Egorov died at his home in Amsterdam aged 33 from what was believed to be complications of AIDS. At the time of his death 14 recordings of his had been commercially issued, and several more were awaiting release. He is buried alongside Jan Brouwer at Driehuis Velsen Crematorium, Driehuis, North Holland, Netherlands. Parallels have been drawn between the playing styles of Youri Egorov and Dinu Lipatti. Additionally, both men gave their final concert performances at the age of 33, each knowing at the time that he was afflicted with a fatal illness and had but months to live. In 1989 Egorov was the subject of a VPRO Television documentary, "Youri Egorov 1954 - 1988"'' by Eline Flipse. The program won the special prize of the jury at the BANFF-televisiefestival in Canada and was nominated in 1990 for the Prix Italia. Egorov's posthumously released CD, "Legacy 2: Youri Egorov", received the "Perfect Five-Star Rating" from CD Review Magazine. Today, this pianist remains "in the memory of more than one music lover for the incredible delicacy and clarity of his playing". Recordings See also List of Eastern Bloc defectors References Brokken, Jan. "Met Musici: Elf portretten" Uitgeverij De Arbeiderspers Amsterdam 1988. () Brokken, Jan. "In het huis van de dichter" Uitgeverij Atlas Amsterdam 2008. () Haan, Wim de. "Youri Egorov - The Complete Discography". Uitg. Wim de Haan, 2021. External links Home of Youri Egorov, his website. Youri Egorov - His complete original diary Italy 1976 (Wim de Haan, paperback, May 2020) Russian classical pianists Male classical pianists Moscow Conservatory alumni Kazan Conservatory alumni Prize-winners of the Queen Elisabeth Competition Long-Thibaud-Crespin Competition prize-winners Russian LGBT musicians LGBT classical musicians Soviet defectors Musicians from Kazan EMI Classics and Virgin Classics artists AIDS-related deaths in the Netherlands 1988 deaths 1954 births 20th-century classical pianists 20th-century classical musicians 20th-century Russian musicians 20th-century Russian male musicians 20th-century LGBT people