Quo Fuit places 5 dated presences for Mstislav Rostropovich across 5 places, from 1892 to 1991.
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Mstislav Leopoldovich Rostropovich (27 March 1927 to 27 April 2007) was a Soviet and Russian cellist and conductor.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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1892 to 1942period
Voronezhattested“Leopold (1892–1942) was born in Voronezh to , a composer of Polish noble descent with distant Belarusian roots, and Matilda Rostropovich (née Pule) of German and Huguenot descent.”source: Wikipedia: Mstislav Rostropovich
1987year
University of Bolognaattested“* Presidential Medal of Freedom (USA, 1987) * Kennedy Center Honoree (USA, 1992) * Knight of the Order of Brilliant Star (Taiwan, 1977) * Knight of the Order of the Lion of Finland * Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour (France, 1998; p…”source: Wikipedia: Mstislav Rostropovich
Moscowattested“When, in August 1991, news footage was broadcast of tanks in the streets of Moscow, Rostropovich responded with a characteristically brave, impetuous, and patriotic gesture: he bought a plane ticket to Japan on a flight that stopped at M…”source: Wikipedia: Mstislav Rostropovich
August 1991month
Japanattested“When, in August 1991, news footage was broadcast of tanks in the streets of Moscow, Rostropovich responded with a characteristically brave, impetuous, and patriotic gesture: he bought a plane ticket to Japan on a flight that stopped at M…”source: Wikipedia: Mstislav Rostropovich
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1943year
Orenburgmentioned“During World War II his family moved back to Orenburg and then, in 1943, to Moscow.”source: Wikipedia: Mstislav Rostropovich
1943year
Moscowmentioned“During World War II his family moved back to Orenburg and then, in 1943, to Moscow.”source: Wikipedia: Mstislav Rostropovich
1943year
Moscow Conservatorymentioned“In 1943, at age 16, he entered the Moscow Conservatory, where he studied cello with his uncle Semyon Kozolupov, piano with Nikolai Kuvshinnikov, and composition with Vissarion Shebalin.”source: Wikipedia: Mstislav Rostropovich
1945year
Soviet Unionmentioned“In 1945, he came to prominence as a cellist when he won the gold medal in the Soviet Union's first ever competition for young musicians.”source: Wikipedia: Mstislav Rostropovich
1948year
Moscow Conservatorymentioned“An early example was in 1948, when he was a student at the Moscow Conservatory.”source: Wikipedia: Mstislav Rostropovich
1948year
Moscowmentioned“An early example was in 1948, when he was a student at the Moscow Conservatory.”source: Wikipedia: Mstislav Rostropovich
10 February 1948exact date
Leningradmentioned“In response to the 10 February 1948 decree on "formalist" composers, his teacher Dmitri Shostakovich was dismissed from his professorships in Leningrad and Moscow; the 21-year-old Rostropovich quit the conservatory in protest.”source: Wikipedia: Mstislav Rostropovich
1950year
Soviet Unionmentioned“In 1950, at age 23, he was awarded what was then considered the highest distinction in the Soviet Union, the Stalin Prize.”source: Wikipedia: Mstislav Rostropovich
1955year
Bolshoi Theatrementioned“In 1955, he married Galina Vishnevskaya, a leading soprano at the Bolshoi Theatre.”source: Wikipedia: Mstislav Rostropovich
Soviet Unionmentioned“Rostropovich left the Soviet Union in 1974 with his wife and children and settled in the United States.”source: Wikipedia: Mstislav Rostropovich
1977year
Sovietmentioned“He was banned from touring his homeland with foreign orchestras, and, in 1977, the Soviet leadership instructed musicians from the Soviet bloc not to take part in an international competition he had organised.”source: Wikipedia: Mstislav Rostropovich
1978year
Soviet Unionmentioned“In 1978, Rostropovich was deprived of his Soviet citizenship because of his public opposition to the Soviet Union's restriction of cultural freedom.”source: Wikipedia: Mstislav Rostropovich
17 December 1988exact date
Barbican Hallmentioned“On 17 December 1988, Rostropovich gave a special concert at Barbican Hall in London, after postponing a trip to India for the 1988 Armenian earthquake relief program.”source: Wikipedia: Mstislav Rostropovich
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