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Apr. 27th, 2007 04:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Rostropovich has passed on in Moscow. I think I'm grieving him more than many of the musicians and scholars who have passed in the last few years. Although I didn't know him well, I met him once and attended a masterclass that he gave in London, but I admire him greatly and he was such an impressive presence in that class. His musicality is just stunning.
Plus I am a bit of a grandchild student from a couple of directions. My bassoon teacher at Peabody played under him in the National Symphony, and one of my professors from London, Alexander Vasilyevich, studied with him.
The world has lost such a musician today...I'm off to download his recording of the Shostakovich Cello concerto.
Plus I am a bit of a grandchild student from a couple of directions. My bassoon teacher at Peabody played under him in the National Symphony, and one of my professors from London, Alexander Vasilyevich, studied with him.
The world has lost such a musician today...I'm off to download his recording of the Shostakovich Cello concerto.
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Date: 2007-04-28 12:54 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-04-28 08:55 am (UTC)In other, related news, I used to do grounds work for a direct descendant of J.S. Bach, who lived almost across the street from the Rostropovich estate...
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Date: 2007-04-28 09:10 am (UTC)