Rostropovich

American  

[ros-truh-poh-vich, ruh-struh-paw-vyich] / ˌrɒs trəˈpoʊ vɪtʃ, rʌ strəˈpɔ vjɪtʃ /

noun

1. Mstislav (Leopoldovich) 1927–2007, Soviet and Russian cellist and conductor (husband ofGalina Vishnevskaya ), born in Soviet Azerbaijan: settled in the United States 1974, music director of the U.S. National Symphony Orchestra 1977–94.

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Rostropovich British  

/ ˌrɒstrəˈpəʊvɪtʃ, rəstraˈpɔvitʃ /

noun

1. Mstislav Leopoldovich (ˈmɪstɪslɑːv; Russian mstiˈslaf leaˈpɔldavitʃ). 1927–2007, Soviet cellist, composer, and conductor; became a US citizen in 1978 after losing Soviet citizenship (restored in 1990)

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Rostropovich

After 1991, many of the former “noncitizens” — including Solzhenitsyn, Rostropovich and Lyubimov — returned to Russia.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 13, 2023

A Steinway grand piano, a gift from Rostropovich, has pride of place in the living room.

From New York Times ● Oct. 20, 2021

The National Symphony Orchestra had a national profile under Mstislav Rostropovich, and it is flourishing again under its new conductor, Gianandrea Noseda.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 1, 2021

Why, one might wonder, must Mstislav Rostropovich and the National Symphony play music at the Pauley Pavilion of UCLA?”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2019

Here the start of another review I came across looking for what it was that so upset Rostropovich.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2019