Mstislav Leopoldovich Rostropovich KBE, (March 27 1927 - April 27 2007), known to close friends as “Slava”, was a cellist and conductor. He was married to the soprano Galina Vishnevskaya. He was one of the greatest cellists of the twentieth century. Wikipedia
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In1998, the President ofAzerbaijan Heydar Aliyev issued adecree about creation ofthe memorial museum ofRostropoviches inBaku. www.rostropovich.aznet.org/eng/
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Mstislav Rostropovich was a Russian cellist, pianist, conductor, pedagogue and political figure whose international performances and public appearances symbolized the struggle of intellectuals against the rigid Soviet Communism. He was born Mstislav Leopo www.imdb.com/name/nm0744626/