KARABAKH is a region of Azerbaijan which has been under the occupation of Armenia since the war broke out between the two states in 1988-1994. Around 30,000 people have been killed and one million Azerbaijanis have become refugees in their own homeland. Today the negotiations are being held, albeit with no result. We hope that soon all occupied territories will be freed from the Armenian occupation and wait eagerly for the day when the refugees will return to their homeland who now live in miserable conditions, in wagons and camps.
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Mstislav Rostropovich
(1927- )
The most esteemed cellist of his generation. Born in Baku as the Soviet Union was becoming consolidated. At a tender age he learned cello and piano from his parents. He studied (and later taught) at the Moscow Conservatory. In 1950 he wins the International Cello Competition in Prague, starting a career as a professional cellist, that after 1961 develops into a double career as a cellist and conductor. He also performs as pianist in recitals by his wife, the Soviet-born soprano Galina Vishnevskaya. Despite winning the Lenin Prize, a Soviet state award, in 1963, he sheltered the Soviet dissident Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn; in 1974 Rostropovich and his wife left the USSR, and in 1978 their citizenship was revoked. Having emigrated to the United States, he became conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, D.C., in 1977. He was invited to perform with his orchestra in the USSR in 1990, and his and his wife's Soviet citizenship were restored.
The most esteemed cellist of his generation. Born in Baku as the Soviet Union was becoming consolidated. At a tender age he learned cello and piano from his parents. He studied (and later taught) at the Moscow Conservatory. In 1950 he wins the International Cello Competition in Prague, starting a career as a professional cellist, that after 1961 develops into a double career as a cellist and conductor. He also performs as pianist in recitals by his wife, the Soviet-born soprano Galina Vishnevskaya. Despite winning the Lenin Prize, a Soviet state award, in 1963, he sheltered the Soviet dissident Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn; in 1974 Rostropovich and his wife left the USSR, and in 1978 their citizenship was revoked. Having emigrated to the United States, he became conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, D.C., in 1977. He was invited to perform with his orchestra in the USSR in 1990, and his and his wife's Soviet citizenship were restored.
