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Russian stage director and drama teacher (1934–2022)
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Leonid Heifetz
BornLeonid Yefimovich Heifetz
(1934-05-04)4 May 1934
Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, USSR
Died18 April 2022(2022-04-18) (aged 87)
Moscow, Russia
Alma materBelarusian National Technical University
Russian Institute of Theatre Arts
Occupation(s)Director, teacher
Years active1962–2022
SpouseNatalya Gundareva
AwardsOrder of Honour
People's Artist of Russia
Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow"

Leonid Yefimovich Heifetz (also spelled "Kheifets" Russian: Леонид Ефимович Хейфец; 4 May 1934 – 18 April 2022) was a Russian stage director and drama teacher. He was the first husband of the actress Natalya Gundareva.

Biography

In 1995, Heifetz directed Janusz Glowacki's Antigone in New York, at the Contemporary Play School.

From 1998 to 2022 - director of the Mayakovsky Theatre.

In 2000, he staged the play The Cherry Orchard at the Mossovet Theatre.

He died on April 18, 2022, in Moscow at the age of 88 from a detached blood clot. Farewell to the director took place on April 21 at the Mayakovsky Theater. He was buried at the Troyekurovskoye Cemetery.

References

  1. Режиссер Леонид Хейфец скончался в 87 лет (in Russian)
  2. Harris M. Lentz (2006). Obituaries in the performing arts, 2005: film, television, radio, theatre, dance, music, cartoons and pop culture. McFarland & Company. p. 154.
  3. John Freedman (2005). Moscow Performances: The New Russian Theater 1991-1996. Taylor & Francis. p. 213. ISBN 9781135298920.
  4. "Режиссера Леонида Хейфеца похоронили на Троекуровском кладбище". m24.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-04-21.


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