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Monday, May 7, 2007

Mstislav Rostropovich, Dissident Maestro, Dies

Mstislav Rostropovich, the cellist and conductor who was renowned not only as one of the great instrumentalists of the 20th century but also as an outspoken champion of artistic freedom in the Soviet Union during the last decades of the cold war, died on April 27th in Moscow.

To read the entire New York Times obituary, click HERE

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