Discography

Family

• Married toГалина Вишневская(soprano)· 1955–2007
• Parent ofOlga Rostropovich

Mentorship

• StudentDavid Geringas(Lithuanian cellist)· 1963–1973
• StudentАлександр Кнайфель(Soviet composer)· 1961–1963
• TeacherМихаил Чулаки
• TeacherСергей Сергеевич Прокофьев(Russian composer)
• StudentPamela Frame
• StudentMischa Maisky(cellist)
• StudentDavid Cohen(Belgian cellist)
• StudentChantal Riou
• StudentЛев Евграфов(Russian cellist)
• StudentVagram Saradjian(cellist)
• StudentSonia Wieder‐Atherton(cellist)
• StudentVictoria Yagling(composer/cellist)
• StudentMark Drobinsky(French-Azerbaijani cellist)
• StudentTanya Remenikova(cellist)
• TeacherВиссарион Шебалин(Russian composer, XX c.)
• TeacherДмитрий Дмитриевич Шостакович(composer)
• TeacherСемён Козолупов(cellist)
• StudentMikhail Milman(cellist)
• StudentНаталья Шаховская(cellist)
• StudentXavier Phillips(cellist)
• StudentНаталья Гутман(cellist)
• StudentYosif Feigelson(cellist)
• StudentЮрий Петрович Цирюк(cellist/conductor)

Other Connections

• Conductor positionNational Symphony Orchestra(Washington, D.C. – refer to the UK one instead for musical theatre recordings)· 1977–1994