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Mstislav Rostropovich: Cellist, Teacher, Legend (Paperback, Main)
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Mstislav Rostropovich: Cellist, Teacher, Legend (Paperback, Main)
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Mstislav Rostropovich, internationally recognised as one of the
world's finest cellists and musicians, has always maintained that
teaching is an important responsibility for great artists. Before
his emigration in 1974 from Russia to the West, Rostropovich taught
several generations of the brightest Russian talents - as Professor
of the Moscow Conservatoire - over a continuous period of two
decades. His students included such artists as Jacqueline du Pre,
Nataliyia Gutman, Karine Georgian, Ivan Monighetti and many others
Rostropovich's teaching represented not only his individual
approach to cello repertoire and instrumental technique, but also
comprised a philosophy of life. As soon as he returned from his
frequent concert tours, he would launch himself with whirlwind
energy into his teaching activities. His lessons, which were
conducted as open masterclasses , were awaited eagerly as an event
of huge importance. Class 19 of the Moscow Conservatoire, where
they were held, was usually packed with students (violinists ,
conductors and pianists as well as cellists). Often other
professors dropped in, as did visiting musicians. The lessons were
performances in themselves: Rostropovich - usually seated at the
piano - cajoled and inspired his students to give the best of
themselves. His comments went far beyond correcting the students in
making them understand the essence of the work they were playing.
Often this was done through striking imagery, and as such the
lessons were addressed to the wider audience present in the
classroom as well as to the individual student. Drawing from her
own vivid reminiscences and those of ex-students, documents from
the Moscow Conservatoire and extensive interviews with Rostropovich
himself , Elizabeth Wilson's book sets out to define his teaching,
and to recapture the atmosphere of the conservatoire and Moscow's
musical life.
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