Ivan Monighetti

Cellist Ivan Monighetti has had flourishing careers in both eastern and western Europe. He has also been active as a conductor and an educator. Monighetti was born on August 3, 1948, in Riga, Latvia, then part of the Soviet Union. Monighetti attended the Moscow Conservatory, where he was the last student of cellist Mstislav Rostropovich prior to the latter's departure from the Soviet Union. In 1974, Monighetti took a top prize at the Moscow Tchaikovsky International Competition, and that launched him into an international career. At first, his appearances were mostly in the C...