Biography
Mstislav Rostropovich
Real name: Mstislav Leopoldovich Rostropovich
Effective period / Period of releases: 1952 - 2017
Мстислав Леопольдович Ростропович / Mstislav Leopol'dovič Rostropovič.Born: March 27, 1927, Baku, Azerbaijan.
Died: April 27, 2007, Moscow, Russia.
Russian cellist and conductor, married to the soprano Galina Vishnevskaya. Widely considered to be one of the greatest cellists of the 20th century.