Mstislav Rostropovich, the ebullient master cellist who courageously fought for the rights of Soviet-era dissidents and later triumphantly played Bach suites below the crumbling Berlin Wall, has died.

Moscow - Mstislav Rostropovich, the ebullient master cellist who courageously fought for the rights of Soviet-era dissidents and later triumphantly played Bach suites below the crumbling Berlin Wall, ...

An exhibition in London looks at performance art and photography, a festival brings over 200 music acts to Estonia, and two contemporary art shows run in Tokyo. By Christopher D. Shea A Calder ...

Mstislav Rostropovich died in the city he had always considered his home -- Moscow, where he had been flown from Paris by private jet last week after it became apparent that he could not survive his ...

To witness cellist Mstislav Rostropovich's appearance in Davies Symphony Hall on Monday night was to be in the presence of greatness of the most complex and far-reaching sort. a performer of ...

The funeral of the celebrated Russian cellist and conductor Mstislav Rostropovich has been held in Moscow. The ceremony took place in the same grand cathedral which earlier this week staged the ...

Mstislav Rostropovich, the cellist and conductor considered by many to be one of the finest virtuosos of his instrument in the last half of the 20th century, has died. He was 80. Rostropovich, who ...

An art collection belonging to the late Russian cellist Mstislav Rostropovich has been sold to a private buyer for substantially more than $40 million, Sotheby’s auction house said Monday. Sotheby’s ...

EMI paid tribute yesterday (Nov. 1) to Russian cellist Mstislav Rostropovich, who celebrated 50 years recording for the company. By Billboard Staff EMI paid tribute yesterday (Nov. 1) to Russian ...

His genius is pure and simple, but his story has been complex and his career rich enough for several lifetimes. Mstislav Rostropovich, whose life and music will be celebrated for the next two weeks by ...

Mstislav Rostropovich, the ebullient master cellist who fought for the rights of Soviet-era dissidents and later triumphantly played Bach suites below the crumbling Berlin Wall, died Friday. He was 80 ...