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Rostropovich, Mstislav

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Rostropovich, Mstislav (Leopoldovich)

(born March 27, 1927, Baku, Azerbaijan S.S.R., U.S.S.R.—died April 27, 2007, Moscow, Russia) Russian cellist and conductor. He studied composition (with Dmitry Shostakovich), piano, and cello at the Moscow Conservatory from 1943 to 1948. He had works written for him by such composers as Shostakovich, Sergey Prokofiev, and Benjamin Britten. A political dissident, he left the Soviet Union in 1974 and made his career in the West. Settling in the U.S., he served as music director of the National Symphony Orchestra (1977–94) while continuing to make many solo appearances, becoming perhaps the world's most famous cellist. As a pianist, he accompanied his wife, the soprano Galina Vishnevskaya.


Rostropovich, Mstislav Leopol’dovich 

Born Mar. 27, 1927, in Baku. Cellist. People’s Artist of the USSR (1966).

Rostropovich graduated in 1946 from the Moscow Conservatory, where he studied cello under S. M. Kozolupov. He was a participant in several all-Union and international competitions of performing musicians. In 1978, Rostropovich and his wife, G. P. Vishnevskaia, were deprived of Soviet citizenship for undermining the prestige of the USSR. [22–951–4; updated]



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