See my answer on the Discussion page.
Irene Eneri was born as Irene Biriukov on Ostrogojsk, on
November 2/15 1897. Her parents were an unknown Biriukov (probably
an officer) and Maria ("Marussia") Bronikowsky (1874-1928).
Her parents were soon divorced, and Maria married Alexei
Alexeievitch Goriainov (1872-1935), who adopted the little girl.
Irene became a well-known child pianist, using the name Irene
Eneri(-Gorainoff).
On 4/17 May 1916 she married in St Petersburg Sergei
Mikhailovitch Sukhotin (1887-1926). In December of the same year
her husband was among the murderers of Rasputin.
Irene Eneri married again on 27 April 1946, in
Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois (France), Paul Petrovitch Borovsky
(1892-1955). She died in Paris on January 23 1980.
Thank you,very much, Zimon.
I red in ALEXANDER PALACE FORUM that Prince PP ISHEEV (1889 -
1959) writes in his memoirs that the real name of IRENE ENERI was
CHEGODAEV (¿ ?) and that she was sister of prince Andrey Chegodaev
and a very good friend of princess IRINA of RUSSIA , YUSUPOV ' S
WIFE. In another INTERNET page , about Sibelius, I found that as a
Chegodaev, she was marketed as one of Gengis Khan descendents.
Do you, Zimon, speak Russian ? If you do , enter on
www._esenin_ru_forum . If you don't, like me , you need translation
which is very bad , but on pages 9 and 10 you can found the same
story told by Isheev and a charming photo of Irene Eneri with
Glazunov.
You can find others photos of the little pianist, offered in
vintage e. bay ( numbers 95356 and 95364) .
Some of her original works are now in Finland, at the Helsinky
University.
The piano rolls ( 1 piano concert Chopin) recorded the 10
february 1910 at Saint Petersburg are offered for sale. Look for :
Welte License Piano Roll set 1st Piano concerto for sale.
