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Mstislav Rostropovich

1927 - 2007

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Mstislav Leopoldovich Rostropovich (27 March 1927 – 27 April 2007) was a Russian cellist and conductor. 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, Herbert Von Karajan, 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mstislav Rostropovich is the 61st most popular musician (up from 68th in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from Azerbaijan and the most popular Azerbaijani Musician.

Mstislav Rostropovich was a Russian cellist and conductor. He was most famous for his performances of the cello.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Mstislav Rostropovich ranks 61 out of 3,175. Before him are Frank Zappa, Martha Argerich, Bruce Springsteen, Jimmy Page, Ritchie Blackmore, and Nick Drake. After him are Ram Narayan, Brian Jones, Victor Borge, Robert Fripp, Dschinghis Khan, and J. J. Cale.

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Among people born in 1927, Mstislav Rostropovich ranks 17. Before him are Roger Moore, Samuel P. Huntington, Kim Young-sam, Robert Shaw, Vladimir Komarov, and Turgut Özal. After him are Ram Narayan, Sidney Poitier, Antônio Carlos Jobim, Angelo Sodano, László Kubala, and Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium. Among people deceased in 2007, Mstislav Rostropovich ranks 11. Before him are Michelangelo Antonioni, Mohammed Zahir Shah, Kurt Waldheim, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Ève Curie, and Jean Baudrillard. After him are Carlo Ponti, Ernst Otto Fischer, Kai Siegbahn, Maurice Béjart, Marcel Marceau, and Alan Ball Jr..

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In Azerbaijan

Among people born in Azerbaijan, Mstislav Rostropovich ranks 6 out of 232. Before him are Nizami Ganjavi (1141), Heydar Aliyev (1923), Lev Landau (1908), Ilham Aliyev (1961), and Richard Sorge (1895). After him are Garry Kasparov (1963), Arghun (1250), Imadaddin Nasimi (1369), Nadezhda Alliluyeva (1901), Abulfaz Elchibey (1938), and Zecharia Sitchin (1920).

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Among MUSICIANS In Azerbaijan

Among musicians born in Azerbaijan, Mstislav Rostropovich ranks 1. After him are Vagif Mustafazadeh (1940), Bella Davidovich (1928), Aziza Mustafa Zadeh (1969), Veronika Dudarova (1916), and Jovdat Hajiyev (1917).

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