Mstislav Rostropovich
Мстислав Леопольдович Ростропович / Mstislav Leopol'dovič Rostropovič. Born: March 27, 1927, Baku, Azerbaijan. Died: April 27, 2007, Moscow, Russia. Russian cellist and conductor, married to the soprano [a=Galina Vishnevskaya]. Widely considered to be one of the greatest cellists of the 20th century.