Nikolai Myaskovsky
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Nikolai Yakovlevich Myaskovsky was a Russian and Soviet composer. He is sometimes referred to as the "Father of the Soviet Symphony". Myaskovsky was awarded the Stalin Prize five times.
Myaskovsky in 1912
Mstislav Rostropovich
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Mstislav Leopoldovich Rostropovich was a Soviet and Russian cellist and conductor. In addition to his interpretations and technique, he was well known for both inspiring and commissioning new works, w
Nikolai Myaskovsky
…reasonably intense expression, as with the Cello Concerto (dedicated to and premiered by Sviatoslav Knushevitsky) and Cello Sonata No. 2 (dedicated to Mstislav Rostropovich). While not particularly experimental, there is no suggestion—as with some earlier works—that Alexander Scriabin or Arnold Schoenberg might still have…
Rostropovich in 1991
House in Baku, where Rostropovich was born
Mstislav Rostropovich, 18 September 1959
Rostropovich playing the Duport Stradivarius at the White House in 1978