Мстислав Ростропович. Любовь с виолончелью в руках

Mstislav Rostropovich - velikiĭ violonchelist, dirizher i pianist, obʺi͡avlennyĭ londonskoĭ gazetoĭ "Taĭms" "velichaĭshim iz nyne zhivushchikh muzykantov". On rodilsi͡a v Baku, v semʹe muzykantov, v 4 goda stal zanimatʹsi͡a na roi͡ale, chutʹ pozzhe "osvoil" violonchelʹ, i uzhe v 8 let daval svoĭ pervyĭ kont͡sert! Mstislav Leopolʹdovich prevratil svoi͡u zhiznʹ v fantasticheskui͡u legendu. Ikh semeĭnyĭ i tvorcheskiĭ soi͡uz s Galinoĭ Vishnevskoĭ, vedushcheĭ soprano Bolʹshogo teatra v Moskve, stal odnim iz samykh proslavlennykh po svoemu masterstvu duėtov v mire. Ego talant, blesti͡ashchee vladenie instrumentom, temperamentnai͡a manera igry vdokhnovli͡ali samykh vydai͡ushchikhsi͡a kompozitorov KhKh veka - Prokofʹeva, Shostakovicha, Shnitke, Khachaturi͡ana, Messiana i drugikh na sozdanie novykh sochineniĭ. I muzykalʹnye kritiki, i blizkie li͡udi, i prostye pochitateli neissi͡akaemykh talantov M.L. Rostropovicha otmechai͡ut v ėtom cheloveke "udivitelʹnoe sochetanie khudozhnika, gumanista i magneticheski privlekatelʹnoĭ lichnosti".

Mstislav Rostropovich is a great cellist, conductor and pianist, declared by the London Times newspaper "the greatest living musician." He was born in Baku, into a family of musicians, began playing the piano at the age of 4, "mastered" the cello a little later, and gave his first concert at the age of 8! Mstislav Leopoldovich turned his life into a fantastic legend. Their family and creative union with Galina Vishnevskaya, the leading soprano of the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow, has become one of the most renowned duets in the world. His talent, brilliant mastery of the instrument, and temperamental playing style inspired the most outstanding composers of the twentieth century – Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Schnittke, Khachaturian, Messiaen, and others to create new compositions. Music critics, close people, and ordinary admirers of Mikhail Rostropovich's inexhaustible talents note in this man "an amazing combination of an artist, a humanist, and a magnetically attractive personality."