Mstislav Rostropovich

Mstislav Rostropovich

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  Artists' spat over Putin joins a Russian tradition

  When famed viola player Yuri Bashmet declared that he "adored" President Vladimir Putin, he stirred little controversy in a country where classical ... 

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  Russian opera diva Vishnevskaya dies at 86

  World-renowned Russian opera diva Galina Vishnevskaya, who with her husband defied the Soviet regime to give shelter to writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn ...