"A thorough going Romantic" describes the musicality of Russian-born Mstislav (Slava) Leopoldovich Rostropovich (born 1927). While also active as a pianist and composer, he achieved international renown as a cellist and conductor. Mstislav Rostropovich...

The moral of Saturday night's concert in the Kennedy Center Concert Hall may be that Robert Schumann's Cello Concerto in A minor is not music for warming up, even with a soloist as formidable as Mstislav Rostropovich. This concerto holds an honorable place in...

John Amis remembers There are stars in our musical firmament, usually pre-eminent in one respect; but occasionally, once a century perhaps, there is a megastar whose talent seems to know no bounds. Such a one was Mstislav Rostropovich. If Casals put the Cello...

Mstislav Rostropovich, the renowned cellist and conductor who won world fame for his masterly playing and his courage in defending human rights, was buried Sunday in the Moscow cemetery that holds the graves of many of Russia's most luminous artists and thinkers.Several thousand Russians came...

Mstislav Rostropovich, acclaimed cellist, conductor and human rights champion, was laid to rest Sunday in a leafy Moscow cemetery, surrounded by admirers who burst into applause _ an echo of the standing ovations he had heard during his life.Some in the crowd shouted "Bravo!" after...