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.
You know creators, composers, need a palette for life, a color for life. - Mstislav Rostropovich
You know creators, composers, need a palette for life, a color for life.
- Mstislav Rostropovich
The artist must forget the audience, forget the critics, forget the technique, forget everything but love for the music. Then, the music speaks thro… - Mstislav Rostropovich
The artist must forget the audience, forget the critics, forget the technique, forget everything but love for the music. Then, the music speaks thro…
I never studied, but I had the best teachers. - Mstislav Rostropovich
I never studied, but I had the best teachers.
There is too much emphasis on technical perfection nowadays, and not enough on what music is actually about - irony, joy, human suffering, love. - Mstislav Rostropovich
There is too much emphasis on technical perfection nowadays, and not enough on what music is actually about - irony, joy, human suffering, love.
I would rather have ideas and some difficulties of technique than a perfect technique and no ideas. - Mstislav Rostropovich
I would rather have ideas and some difficulties of technique than a perfect technique and no ideas.
All my life I wanted to play music with love to every member of the audience. - Mstislav Rostropovich
All my life I wanted to play music with love to every member of the audience.
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 pi… - Mstislav Rostropovich
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 pi…
Capitalism, communism ... it's all garbage. - Mstislav Rostropovich
Capitalism, communism ... it's all garbage.
When I started learning the cello, I fell in love with the instrument because it seemed like a voice - my voice. - Mstislav Rostropovich
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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