Mstislav Rostropovich (cello)
Alexander Deduichin (piano)
Before an invited audience in the Concert Hall, Broadcasting House, London Tickets may be obtained by applying to [address removed], enclosing a stamped addressed envelope.
Mstislav Rostropovich and Alexander Deduichin are on a visit to this country to take part in a Tchaikovsky Festival.
Rostropovich was born in Baku, Azerbaijan, in 1927. He began his studies at the age of eight with his father, who was also a cello virtuoso. At the age of sixteen he went to the Moscow Conservatoire: he was a pupil of Shebalin and Shostakovich. Besides being an excellent pianist he has been admitted into the Union of Soviet Composers. In 1951 he won the coveted Stalin Prize.