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 ...

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 ...

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. By The ...

On the Kutuzov embankment in St Petersburg is a handsome mansion that caught Mstislav Rostropovich's eye when he returned to Russia in 1990 after 16 years in exile. During the Soviet years it had been ...

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 ...

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 ...

At Mr Rostropovich's 80th birthday celebrations a month ago, Mr Putin called the musician not only "a brilliant cellist and gifted conductor," but also "a firm defender of human rights". Mr ...

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.

MUSIC, under totalitarianism, was one of the great escapes. The most vicious secret policeman could not wholly curb the human spirit once it moved into the world of sounds. “Slava” Rostropovich (the ...

Cello playing in the 20th century was dominated by two outsize personalities. If the first half belonged to Pablo Casals, the second half was bestridden by Mstislav Rostropovich, who has died aged 80.