Mischa Maisky
Mischa Maisky
Top Songs
| 1 | 1. Allegro vivace | ||
| 2 | 3. Allegro assai | ||
| 3 | Chanson triste | ||
| 4 | 1. Allegro | ||
| 5 | 4. Variation 1 (Gemächlich) |
Albums
Jan 2020 • 12 songs
Jul 2016 • 15 songs
Mar 2013 • 191 songs
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Biography
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. Maisky took up the cello at eight and entered the Riga Conservatory, but he chafed under th...