"Mstislav Rostropovich, a cellist and conductor who was renowned not only as one of the great instrumentalists of the 20th century, but also as an outspoken champion of artistic freedom in Russia during the final decades of the Cold War, died in Moscow today. He was 80 and lived in Paris, with homes in Moscow, St. Petersburg, London and Lausanne, Switzerland."wait, he was still alive?!? well, at least we still have yo-yo ma and lynn harrell
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Did you know that he also housed Solzhenitsyn for four years when he was being attacked by Soviet authorities?
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