Autographed Rostropovich Signed Rare Record Album World Master Conductor Cellist
Autographed Rostropovich Signed Rare Record Album World Master Conductor Cellist. National Symphony Orchestra in Washington Rostropovich. He was married to the soprano Galina Vishnevskaya. He is widely considered to have been the greatest cellist of the second half of the 20th century, and one of the greatest of all time.
In addition to his outstanding interpretations and technique, he was well-known for his commissions of new works which enlarged the cello repertoire more than any cellist before or since. He gave the premieres of over 100 pieces. Rostropovich was internationally recognized as a staunch advocate of human rights, and was awarded the 1974 Award of the International League of Human Rights. From 1977 until 1994, he was musical director and conductor of the U. National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, while still performing with some of the most famous musicians such as Martha Argerich, Sviatoslav Richter and Vladimir Horowitz.
He was also the director and founder of the Rostropovich Music Festival and was a regular performer at the Aldeburgh Festival in the UK. In modern Russia, Rostropovich was welcomed by high officials. He supported Boris Yeltsin during the 1993 constitutional crisis (Rostropovich conducted the National Symphony Orchestra in Red Square at the height of the crackdown), and was also on friendly terms with Vladimir Putin.
He re-entered the Blokhim Cancer Institute on April 7, 2007, where he was treated for intestinal cancer. He died on April 27, 2007. On April 28, Rostropovich's body lay in an open coffin at the Moscow Conservatory, where he once studied as a teenager, and was then moved to the Church of Christ the Saviour.
Thousands of mourners, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, bade farewell. Spain's Queen Sofia, French first lady Bernadette Chirac and President Ilham Aliev of Azerbaijan, where Rostropovich was born, as well as Naina Yeltsina, the widow of Boris Yeltsin, were among those in attendance at the funeral on April 29.
Rostropovich was then buried in the Novodevichy Cemetery, the same cemetery where his friend Boris Yeltsin was buried four days earlier. So If you need more time, we are flexible! Were offering the world a little piece of history that will be treasured. Let us add to your serious collection. We love serious collectors like you and our goal is to gain your future business!
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