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Mstislav Rostropovich [1927-2007] Russian

Rank: 104
Musician, Cellist

Mstislav Leopoldovich "Slava" Rostropovich was a Soviet and Russian cellist and conductor. He is considered to be one of the great cellists of the 20th century.

Beauty, Music, Computers, Freedom, Learning

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When I started learning the cello, I fell in love with the instrument because it seemed like a voice - my voice.	Learning	101
You know creators, composers, need a palette for life, a color for life.		102
The cello is a hero because of its register - its tenor voice. It is a masculine instrument, whereas the violin is feminine because of its soprano pitch. When the cello enters in the Dvorak Concerto, it is like a great orator.		103
Baalbek is so beautiful. It is the heart of beauty in the Middle East - I want to embrace these people with my music. I will try so hard for them. Their president is a Christian, their prime minister is a Muslim. Music is for everyone.	Beauty, Music	104
It is my aim, my destination in life to make the cello as beloved an instrument as the violin and piano.		105
You must play for the love of music. Perfect technique is not as important as making music from the heart.	Music	106
Every man must have the right fearlessly to think independently and express his opinion about what he knows, what he has personally thought about and experienced, and not merely to express with slightly different variations the opinion which has been inculcated in him.	Freedom	107
People are craving this great progress in electronics, going after computers, the Internet, etc. It's a giant progress technologically. But they must have a balance of soul, a balance for human beauty. That means art has an important role.	Beauty, Computers	108
My mother carried me for 10 months. I asked her 'Mother, you had an extra month, why you didn't make me a beautiful face?' and mother told me, 'My son, I was busy making your beautiful hands and heart.'		109
The war years were the most difficult time of my life. There was real famine in Moscow. The water froze inside the houses. There was no heat.		110
All my life I wanted to play music with love to every member of the audience.		111
Music is part of history, and our history has lessons that cannot be separated from our greatest music.		112
If I make a speech, I need a translator. But music does not need a translation. People understand me through the sound. That I think is very important. This is just one planet, like one family.		113
Now I come to 75 years of age, I think what's most important in life is your conscience. If you told a lie and made other people suffer, I think that's very difficult when you reach this age.		114
I came to Moscow when I was 5 years old from Baku. To walk all night in Moscow will bring back my youth to me.		115
Explain to me, please, why in our literature and art so often people absolutely incompetent in this field have the final word.		116
I never studied, but I had the best teachers.		117
I played with the best conductors of the world.		118
In 1948 the first severe crash occurred in my life when Stalin put out his decree on 'formalism.' There was a bulletin board in the Moscow Conservatory. They posted the decree, which said Shostakovich's compositions and Prokofiev's were no longer to be played.		119
I listened to Pablo Casals, which was a big change for me. Without hearing Casals, I would never have advanced as I did.		120
I have a very deep religious belief.		121
Now I want to use money in a good way. I make foundations back home in Russia, I have sponsored vaccinations for more than one million children in my homeland and I have founded scholarships in the names of my great Russian compatriots - Oistrakh, Richter, Gilels, Shostakovich, Prokofiev and Schnittke.		122
Of course, I know everything that happens in Russia. But even at the most dangerous moment or the most negative moment now, it's still 10 times better than what it was in the communist state.		123
I know that after my letter there will be undoubtedly an 'opinion' about me, but I am not afraid of it. I openly say what I think. Talent, of which we are proud, must not be submitted to the assaults of the past.		124
I like coming to the United States because the United States played an important role in my life.		125

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