You must play for the love of music. Perfect technique is not as important as making music from the heart.
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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.
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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.
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Birth: | 27th March, 1927 |
Death: | 27th April, 2007 |
Nationality: | Russian |
Profession: | Cellist, Music Conductor |
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