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

Rostropovich exuded, in the Kennedy Center aura, the expression of an overwhelmingly triumphant celebration of the end of the Soviet repression.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2026

The Sinfonia Concertante has never quite found a home in the repertory, though Prokofiev revised it extensively for his friend Mstislav Rostropovich.

From New York Times ● Feb. 23, 2023

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

In 1988, he won a Grammy for the recording of his 2nd Concerto for Cello, with Rostropovich.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 29, 2020

Ten days before the performance, Vishnevskaya, the wife of cellist and conductor Msitslav Rostropovich, was denied an exit visa by the Soviet Cultural Ministry.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 24, 2019