Mstislav Rostropovich (1967)

Cellist Mstislav Rostropovich and others walk through the airport terminal lobby on their way to board the plane - Wed.

Animations: quick cuts of plans of cities where M. Rostropovich performed.

Against the background of Rostropovich playing (synchronously), posters of Rostropovich's concerts, newspapers with articles and photographs of the performing cellist, and applauders change - general.

Newsreel from the 1920s: Sverdlov Square, House of Unions.

Photo: in the Column Hall of the House of Unions, at the anniversary of the Gnessin Music College, eight-year-old Slava Rostropovich and his sister Veronica play Bach - Wed, kr.

Portraits of the musician's mother, actress Sofia Nikolaevna Fedotova-Rostropovich, and his father, Leopold Vitoldovich Rostropovich, a cellist (young).

Photo: Rostropovich as a schoolboy with notes in his hands - kr.

Mother Sofia Nikolaevna and sister Veronika Leopoldovna at home at the coffee table, looking at photographs, Veronika Leopoldovna reading a newspaper - Wed, kr.

Sofia Nikolaevna talks about Rostropovich's childhood (synchronously) - kr.

A new concerto for cello and orchestra by the Japanese composer Yuzo Toyama, who dedicated this work to Mstislav Rostropovich, is performed in the Tchaikovsky Hall. M. Rostropovich plays (synchronously) - kr.

A panorama of Yuzo Toyama with M. Rostropovich, who are greeted by the audience - kr.

During a rehearsal of the concert, Yuzo Toyama gives an interview to the sound engineer of the Central Documentary Film Studio V.A. Kotov (synchronously in Japanese) - Wed. M. Rostropovich and Yuzo Toyama at a rehearsal. M. Rostropovich and the English composer Benjamin Britten, who came to the Soviet Union for the festival - kr. M. Rostropovich and B. Britten bow. M. Rostropovich, B. Britten, D. Kabalevsky, T. Khrennikov are talking - Wed, Crim. M. Rostropovich says goodbye to B. Britten, seeing him off to his homeland.

Landscapes of the central zone: a river is visible between the tree trunks - Wed, Wed, Panorama of birch trunks (summer).

An article in the newspaper "Concert in the Forest" and photographs of M. Rostropovich playing in the forest, on an open area.

Photograph: M. Rostropovich among workers - Wed, Panorama.

Cartoon work: posters for Rostropovich's concerts - Crim.

Medals of the Lenin Prize laureate - Wed, Panorama.

Newsreel from 1964: Presentation of the Lenin Prize to Mstislav Rostropovich. M. Rostropovich in a group of Lenin Prize laureates in the Kremlin - Wed. N.S. Tikhonov among the laureates.

Interview with composer D. Shostakovich about M. Rostropovich (synchronously) - kr.

The 2nd Cello Concerto with Orchestra is performed, M. Rostropovich performs the solo part (synchronously) - Wed, kr. K. Kondrashin conducts.

At the 2nd Festival of Contemporary Music in Gorky, M. Rostropovich conducts the State Symphony Orchestra of the USSR: the intermission from Shostakovich's opera "Katerina Izmailova" is performed (synchronously) - Wed.

Listeners - kr. D. Shostakovich - kr. M. Rostropovich bows - Wed.

M. Rostropovich bowing in the hall, thanking the musicians - cf.

Applauding in the hall. M. Rostropovich bowing after his performance in the assembly shop of the Gorky Automobile Plant, the workers applauding - cf.

The soloist of the Bolshoi Theater Galina Vishnevskaya is presented with flowers - cf.

Cartoon work: photographs of Galina Vishnevskaya in the title role in the film-opera "Katerina Izmailova" - cf., kr.

Musical lessons of Rostropovich's daughters Olya and Lena at home.

The girls play the piano.

Their mother Galina Vishnevskaya supervises the lessons (synchronously) - cf., kr.

Empty hall of the Moscow Conservatory after a concert - cf., kr.

The vestibule of the Conservatory - cf.

A memorial plaque with the names of those who graduated from the Conservatory with a gold medal, among them the name of Rostropovich - cf., kr.

The building of the Conservatory, a monument to P.I. Tchaikovsky - Wed (autumn).

Rostropovich's student Natalia Shakhovskaya, winner of the 2nd International Tchaikovsky Competition (1st prize) plays - Wed.

Applauding - general. N. Shakhovskaya embraces M. Rostropovich.

Presentation of the first prize to the winner of the 3rd International Tchaikovsky Competition, Rostropovich's student Karina Georgiyan - general.

Composer T. N. Khrennikov presents the prizes (in the Great Hall of the Conservatory).

An open lesson given by Professor M. Rostropovich in a conservatory class.

Fourth-year student Maria Tchaikovskaya enters the class.

Maria plays the cello (synchronously). M. Rostropovich teaches (synchronously) - short, medium.

The score of the symphony-concert for cello and orchestra by Sergei Prokofiev, dedicated to Rostropovich - CR, zoom in. M. Rostropovich performs S. Prokofiev's symphony with the orchestra (synchronously) - Wed. K. Kondrashin conducts - CR. Composer Aram Khachaturian is among those listening in the hall - CR. Cartoon: M. Rostropovich with S. Prokofiev at the piano - CR. M. Rostropovich bows, thanks K. Kondrashin - Wed, CR. M. Rostropovich talks to his students in the empty Tchaikovsky Hall after the concert - Wed, General, CR. Everyone leaves - Wed. M. Rostropovich walks through the hall of the airport building - Wed.