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The cellist Mstislav Rostropovich is being remembered as a man of passion, enormous energy and talent.
NPR: Yo Yo Ma Reflects on Rostropovich
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We're listening now to music played by Mstislav Rostropovich, the cellist who has died at the age of 80.
NPR: A Musician Recalls Playing Under Rostropovich
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It was bought by Mstislav Rostropovich, a famous Russian cellist and conductor, who presented it to his great friend Mr Radzinsky.
ECONOMIST: Ra-Ra-Rasputin
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Britten knew that Shostakovich and his Russian satellites, Mstislav Rostropovich and Sviatoslav Richter, dissented from Soviet policies and postures on the world stage that he supported.
ECONOMIST: The man behind the myth
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Russian cellist and conductor Mstislav Rostropovich, who courageously fought for the rights of Soviet-era dissidents and later triumphantly played Bach suites below the crumbling Berlin Wall, died Friday.
NPR: On Rostropovich: Cellists Remember a Master
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Mr. MSTISLAV ROSTROPOVICH (Famous Cellist): I thought make fire in my heart, in my body because before I make a beat, I imagine these sounds before I make a beat.
NPR: A Musician Recalls Playing Under Rostropovich
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From the time he was an infant until the age of 7, Hope spent almost every day in Menuhin's house, surrounded by extraordinary musical figures such as Stephane Grappelli, Mstislav Rostropovich and Ravi Shankar.
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