Russian - Musician | March 27, 1927 - April 27, 2007
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.
Mstislav Rostropovich
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You know creators, composers, need a palette for life, a color for life.
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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.
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It is my aim, my destination in life to make the cello as beloved an instrument as the violin and piano.
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You must play for the love of music. Perfect technique is not as important as making music from the heart.
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Music is part of history, and our history has lessons that cannot be separated from our greatest music.
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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.'
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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.
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Explain to me, please, why in our literature and art so often people absolutely incompetent in this field have the final word.
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I never studied, but I had the best teachers.
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I played with the best conductors of the world.
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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.
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