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1044697 - Sergei Pyatakov
Mstislav Rostropovich's master class, 2004.
Mstislav Leopoldovich Rostropovich (born March 27, 1927), affectionately known as Slava, is a Russian American cellist and conductor, considered to be one of the greatest cellists ever. He is well known for his interpretations and for his commissions of new works which have considerably enriched the cello repertoire. Rostropovich was born in Baku, Azerbaijan, then part of the Soviet Union. From 1943 to 1948, he studied at the Moscow Conservatory, where he became professor of cello in 1956.
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©RIA Novosti / TopFoto
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