Rostropovich story from Robert Oppelt’s site

Robert Oppelt just wrote a story about Mstislav Rostropovich from his time with him in that National Symphony Orchestra:

Rostropovich Story
The great cellist Mistislav Rostropovich just passed away. As he made himself available so freely, many musicians around the world have their own “Slava” stories. I thought I would tell at least one story from my experience with him as Music Director of the National Symphony Orchestra…

Visit Robert’s website for the rest of this story (available on the bottom of the homepage).

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