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Rostropovich Cultural Centre to appear in Moscow

20 January 2017 10:49 (UTC+04:00)
Rostropovich Cultural Centre to appear in Moscow

By Laman Ismayilova

"P. I. Tchaikovsky and Moscow" Museum will be restored and heritage the Center of Mstislav Rostropovich and Galina Vishnevskaya will be established in Moscow, TASS reported.

The center will serve as concert hall, and museum exhibition dedicated to the life and creativity of Mstislav Rostropovich and Galina Vishnevskaya will be held here. Besides, the center's archive will provide an open access to materials and documents about them.

Although the Cultural Centre and the Tchaikovsky Museum will be located in one, they will work independently from each other.

Born in Baku, Azerbaijan Rostropovich was internationally recognized as a staunch advocate of human rights, and he was awarded the 1974 Award of the International League of Human Rights.

Rostropovich was a huge influence on the younger generation of cellists. Many have openly acknowledged their debt to his example. In the Daily Telegraph, Julian Lloyd Webber called him "probably the greatest cellist of all time."

He inspired and premiered over 100 pieces and formed long-standing artistic partnerships with such prominent composers as iDmitri Shostakovich, Sergei Prokofiev, Henri Dutilleux, Witold Lutosławski, Olivier Messiaen, Luciano Berio, Krzysztof Penderecki, Alfred Schnittke, Norbert Moret, Andreas Makris and Benjamin Britten.

A five-time Grammy Award winner, he has become one of the West leading conductors.

He was married to the soprano Galina Vishnevskaya, who was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1966.They performed together regularly.

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Laman Ismayilova is AzerNews’ staff journalist, follow her on Twitter: @Lam_Ismayilova

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