Russian cellist and conductor

Mstislav Rostropovich

Western classical music

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Russian cellist and conductor

Genres

Western classical music

Record Labels

Deutsche Grammophon

Awards Received

Stalin Prize

Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour

Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"

Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Commander of the Order of Isabella the Catholic

People's Artist of the USSR

Presidential Medal of Freedom

Order of Francisco de Miranda

commander of the Order of the Dannebrog

Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" I class

Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" II class

Princess of Asturias Award for Concord

Four Freedoms Award - Freedom of Speech

Praemium Imperiale

Léonie Sonning Music Prize

Gramophone Award for Lifetime Achievement

Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"

Medal "For the Development of Virgin Lands"

Jubilee Medal "60 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"

Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow"

Medal “Defender of a Free Russia”

Grand Officer of the National Order of the Cedar

Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of Hungary

Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic

Commander of the Order of Merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

Commander of the Order of Saint-Charles

Grand Cross of the Military Order of Saint James of the Sword

Commander of the Order of the Netherlands Lion

Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal

Litteris et Artibus

People's Artist of the RSFSR

Merited Artist of the RSFSR

Lenin Prize

Kennedy Center Honors

Catalonia International Prize

Wolf Prize in Arts

honorary doctorate at the Laval University

honorary doctorate of Haifa University

honorary doctor of Tel Aviv University

honorary doctor of Harvard University

Order of the Liberator General San Martín

Ernst von Siemens Music Prize

Grand Cross 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres‎

Commander's Grand Crosses of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas

Commander of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland

honorary doctor of the Chopin University of Music

Music

Member of, past and present

American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts

Mstislav Rostropovich

Mstislav Leopoldovich "Slava" Rostropovich (27 March 1927 – 27 April 2007) was a Soviet and Russian cellist and conductor. He is considered by many to be the greatest cellist of the 20th century. In addition to his interpretations and technique, he was well known for both inspiring and commissioning new works, which enlarged the cello repertoire more than any cellist before or since. He inspired and premiered over 100 pieces, forming long-standing friendships and artistic partnerships with composers including Dmitri Shostakovich, Sergei Prokofiev, Henri Dutilleux, Witold Lutosławski, Olivier Messiaen, Luciano Berio, Krzysztof Penderecki, Alfred Schnittke, Norbert Moret, Andreas Makris, Leonard Bernstein, Aram Khachaturian and Benjamin Britten.

Rostropovich was internationally recognized as a staunch advocate of human rights, and was awarded the 1974 Award of the International League of Human Rights. He was married to the soprano Galina Vishnevskaya and had two daughters, Olga and Elena Rostropovich.
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