The Russian national youth orchestra led by Yury Bashmet holds a rehearsal at the Tenth Winter International Arts Festival in Sochi. The conductor is Claudio Vandelli.21.02.2017#3034866
Participants in the IX International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians, background, during the awards ceremony at the Kats State Concert Hall in Novosibirsk.15.12.2015#2759131
Violinist Vadim Repin, pianist Denis Matsuyev and cellist Alexander Knyazev (from left to right) perform at a concert dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra in the PI Tchaikovsky Concert Hall.30.01.2012#1025371
Musicians Vadim Repin, Denis Matsuyev and Alexander Knyazev perform at a concert dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, in the PI Tchaikovsky Concert Hall.30.01.2012#1025374
Sergei Sobyanin, Russian presidential executive office head, condoles with opera star Galina Vishnevskaya, the widow of renowned cellist and orchestra conductor Mstislav Rostropovich, during his civil funeral in the Moscow Conservatory Grand Hall.28.04.2007#151853
Russian President Vladimir Putin, to the right, attends the civil funeral of renowned cellist and orchestra conductor Mstislav Rostropovich in the Moscow Conservatory Grand Hall.28.04.2007#151852
Russian President Vladimir Putin condoles with Olga, daughter of renowned cellist and orchestra conductor Mstislav Rostropovich, during his civil funeral in the Moscow Conservatory Grand Hall.28.04.2007#151851
Russian President Vladimir Putin condoles with opera star Galina Vishnevskaya, the widow of renowned cellist and orchestra conductor Mstislav Rostropovich, during his civil funeral in the Moscow Conservatory Grand Hall.28.04.2007#151849
Russian President Vladimir Putin condoles with opera star Galina Vishnevskaya, the widow of renowned cellist and orchestra conductor Mstislav Rostropovich, during his civil funeral in the Moscow Conservatory Grand Hall. 28.04.2007#151848
Russian President Vladimir Putin, in the foreground, and Sergei Sobyanin, presidential executive office head, to the left, during the civil funeral of renowned cellist and orchestra conductor Mstislav Rostropovich in the Moscow Conservatory Grand Hall.28.04.2007#151847
Opera star Galina Vishnevskaya, the widow of renowned cellist and orchestra conductor Mstislav Rostropovich, in the center, with their daughters and grandchildren during his civil funeral in the Moscow Conservatory Grand Hall.28.04.2007#151846
People waiting in line to pay their last respects to famous cellist and conductor Mstislav Rostropovich in the Grand Hall of the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory.28.04.2007#151791
People pay their last respects to famous cellist and conductor Mstislav Rostropovich in the Grand Hall of the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory. 28.04.2007#151789
People pay their last respects to famous cellist and conductor Mstislav Rostropovich in the Grand Hall of the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory. 28.04.2007#151788
People pay their last respects to famous cellist and conductor Mstislav Rostropovich in the Grand Hall of the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory. 28.04.2007#151787
People pay their last respects to famous cellist and conductor Mstislav Rostropovich in the Grand Hall of the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory.28.04.2007#151786
Galina Vishnevskaya (center), widow of famous cellist and conductor Mstislav Rostropovich, during a wake in the Grand Hall of the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory. 28.04.2007#151785
A festive reception was held in the Kremlin for renowned cellist and orchestra conductor Mstislav Rostropovich's 80th birthday. Russian President Vladimir Putin, to the left, confers on Rostropovich the Order For Service to Fatherland, 1st class. 27.03.2007#148500
A festive reception was held in the Kremlin for renowned cellist and orchestra conductor Mstislav Rostropovich's 80th birthday. Russian President Vladimir Putin, to the left, confers on Rostropovich the Order For Service to Fatherland, 1st class.27.03.2007#148499
A festive reception was held in the Kremlin for renowned cellist and orchestra conductor Mstislav Rostropovich's 80th birthday. Rostropovich at the festive table.27.03.2007#148498
A festive reception was held in the Kremlin for renowned cellist and orchestra conductor Mstislav Rostropovich's 80th birthday. From left to right in the foreground, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Rostropovich.27.03.2007#148497
A festive reception was held in the Kremlin for renowned cellist and orchestra conductor Mstislav Rostropovich's 80th birthday. From left to right in the foreground, Rostropovich and presidents Vladimir Putin of Russia and Ilkham Aliev of Azerbaijan.27.03.2007#148496
Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulates renowned cellist and orchestra conductor Mstislav Rostropovich on his 80th birthday. President Putin, to the left, Galina Vishnevskaya--opera singer and Rostropovich's wife, in the center, and Rostropovich, to the right.27.03.2007#148495
Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulates renowned cellist and orchestra conductor Mstislav Rostropovich on his 80th birthday. From left to right, President Putin, Galina Vishnevskaya--opera singer and Rostropovich's wife, and Rostropovich.27.03.2007#148494
People's Artist of the USSR Yury Bashmet awarding the Dmitry Shostakovich Prize instituted by his charity fund to the People's Artist of the USSR Natalya Gutman in the Alexander Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts.01.03.2002#677417
Cellist, conductor Mstislav Rostropovich attending the concert dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn01.12.1999#86787
Cellist Mstislav Rostropovich pays tribute to the composer at the civil funeral rites for Alfred Shnitke in the Grand Hall of the Moscow Conservatory.10.08.1998#40926
Cellist Mstislav Rostropovich pays tribute to the composer at the civil funeral rites for Alfred Shnitke in the Grand Hall of the Moscow Conservatory.10.08.1998#40925
Cellist Mstislav Rostropovich (left), composer Andrei Petrov (center) and writer Daniil Granin (right) at the burial of remains of Emperor Nicholas II, his family members and servants in the St.Peter and Paul Cathedral.17.07.1998#40939
Russia's Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin, left, his wife, center, and Mstislav Rostropovich, right, during a Moscow Conservatory Grand Hall concert in honor of the renowned cellist's 70th birthday20.05.1997#51253
Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin (left), President Boris Yeltsin's wife Naina (center) and cellist Mstislav Rostropovich (right) at the Grand Hall of the Conservatory, taking part in the celebrations in honor of the musician's 70th anniversary.20.05.1997#50609
Naina Yeltsin (left), wife of the Russian president, and cellist Mstislav Rostropovich (right) in the great hall of the Tchaikovsky Conservatory to celebrate the musician's 70th birthday. 20.05.1997#50559
Mstislav Rostropovich, Director of the National Symphony Orchestra, Washington, on a concert tour in Moscow. The Grand Hall of the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatoire.01.10.1993#860362
Mstislav Rostropovich, conductor of the U.S. National Symphony Orchestra, performs at a rehearsal during Moscow tour at the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory's Grand Hall.01.10.1993#860361
The US National Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Mstislav Rostropovich, performs in Moscow. In this photo, conductor Mstislav Rostropovich rehearses in the Grand Hall of the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory.25.09.1993#8262562
The US National Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Mstislav Rostropovich, performs in Moscow. From right: Conductor Mstislav Rostropovich and pianist Ignat Solzhenitsyn, the son of writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn, rehearse in the Grand Hall of the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory.25.09.1993#8262560
The US National Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Mstislav Rostropovich, performs in Moscow. Photo: Pianist Ignat Solzhenitsyn, the son of writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn, rehearses in the Grand Hall of the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory.25.09.1993#8262557
The US National Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Mstislav Rostropovich, performs on Moscow's Red Square.25.09.1993#8260992
Renowned cellist Mstislav Rostropovich rehearses at the Moscow Conservatory Grand Hall 24.09.1993#57856
Renowned cellist Mstislav Rostropovich gives autographs after a Moscow Conservatory Grand Hall rehearsal24.09.1993#57855
Boris Yeltsin, president of Russia (left) and Mstislav Rostropovich (right), a prominent musician, in Moscow.02.04.1993#30446
A tour by the US National Symphony Orchestra, led by chief conductor, artistic director, cellist and People's Artist of the USSR Mstislav Rostropovich, in the USSR. Mstislav Rostropovich performs in the Grand Hall of the Moscow State Conservatory.14.02.1990#8218691
A tour by the US National Symphony Orchestra, led by chief conductor, artistic director, cellist and People's Artist of the USSR Mstislav Rostropovich, in the USSR. Mstislav Rostropovich performs in the Grand Hall of the Moscow State Conservatory.11.02.1990#8218671
A tour by the US National Symphony Orchestra, led by chief conductor, artistic director, cellist and People's Artist of the USSR Mstislav Rostropovich, in the USSR. The news conference for Soviet and foreign journalists at the press center of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the USSR. Opera singer, People's Artist of the USSR and Mstislav Rostropovich's wife, Galina Vishnevskaya, after the news conference.11.02.1990#8218650
A tour by the US National Symphony Orchestra, led by chief conductor, artistic director, cellist and People's Artist of the USSR Mstislav Rostropovich, in the USSR. The news conference for Soviet and foreign journalists at the press center of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the USSR. From left: Minister of Culture of the USSR and People's Artist of the RSFSR Nikolai Gubenko, chief conductor and artistic director of the US National Symphony Orchestra, cellist and People's Artist of the USSR Mstislav Rostropovich, his wife, opera singer and People's Artist of the USSR Galina Vishnevskaya, and Head of the Department of Information of the Foreign Ministry of the USSR, Gennady Gerasimov.11.02.1990#8218644
A tour by the US National Symphony Orchestra, led by chief conductor, artistic director, cellist and People's Artist of the USSR Mstislav Rostropovich, in the USSR. Listeners attend the concert by the US National Symphony Orchestra in the Grand Hall of the Moscow State Conservatory.11.02.1990#8205358
An U.S. National Symphony Orchestra concert at the Moscow Conservatory Grand Hall, 1990. Soloing, its music director Mstislav Rostropovich, world-renowned cellist and conductor, People's Actor of the U.S.S.R., Moscow Conservatory professor in 1960-74, winner of many international music contests and of the Lenin and State prizes.09.02.1990#151629
News conference of the cellist Mstislav Rostropovich (b. 1927), chief conductor of the U.S. National Symphony Orchestra. Press center of the USSR Foreign Ministry. Nikolai Gubenko (b. 1941), left, People’s Artist of the RSFSR, USSR Culture Minister, taking part in the conference.01.02.1990#422746
Soviet and Russian cellist, conductor, people's artist of the USSR Mstislav Rostropovich (1927-2007).12.11.1987#831896
Soviet and Russian cellist, conductor, people's artist of the USSR Mstislav Rostropovich (1927-2007).12.11.1987#831895
Soviet and Russian cellist, conductor, people's artist of the USSR Mstislav Rostropovich (1927-2007).02.11.1987#831904
Soviet and Russian cellist, conductor, people's artist of the USSR Mstislav Rostropovich (1927-2007).02.11.1987#831899
Soviet and Russian cellist, conductor, people's artist of the USSR Mstislav Rostropovich (1927-2007).02.11.1987#831894
Soviet and Russian cellist, conductor, people's artist of the USSR Mstislav Rostropovich (1927-2007).02.11.1987#831892
The 8th International Tchaikovsky Competition at the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory, June 11-July 4, 1986. People's Artist of the USSR and chairman of the cellist competition jury, Daniil Shafran, left, presents the gold medal to Italian cellist Mario Brunello.05.07.1986#6543655
