That's quite sad. I met him a few times when I was a kid - he had a house near mine. I never would have called him warm, but for the one time I heard him play Tchaikovski. I'll have to ask my parents if they know, they always had nice things to say about him.
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 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...