Mischa maisky shostakovich cello concerto imslp

The Soviet-born Israeli cellist Mischa Maisky has a distinctive, arch-Romantic style that carries forward a Russian tradition of intense expressivity. The only cellist to have studied with the Russian giants Mstislav Rostropovich and Gregor Piatigorsky, he has himself become an influential teacher.

Maisky was born January 10, 1948, in Riga, Latvia, then part of the Soviet Union.

The Latvian form of his name was Miša Maiskis. His older brother Valery was an organist and harpsichordist.

Shostakovich: Cello Concerto n.1 op.107 - Mischa Maisky - 1st ...

Maisky took up the cello at eight and entered the Riga Conservatory, but he chafed under the school's rigid curriculum. In 1965, he moved to the larger city of Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), and he quickly flourished. He won a national cello competition, performed with the Leningrad Philharmonic, and took a prize at Moscow's International Tchaikovsky Competition.

On the jury there was Rostropovich, who invited Maisky to enroll at the Moscow Conservatory as his student.

Maisky seemed set for a bri Shostakovich: Cello Concertos, Nos. 1, Op. 107 & 2 Op. 126 SIBI