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.

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Mstislav Rostropovich, the Russian cellist and conductor who died Friday at 80, was one of the great titans among instrumentalists of the 20th Century. Fortunately he left behind a huge discography ...

When the Chicago Symphony Orchestra this week presents the first program of a two-week festival devoted to Benjamin Britten, audiences will have a rare opportunity to immerse themselves in a wide ...

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 ...

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

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 ...