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Mischa Maisky

Mischa Maisky started learning the cello in age eight. An greatly talented college student, he joined the Riga Conservatory. Discouraged from the rigid curriculum, nevertheless, he relocated to Leningrad in 1965. He not merely received the Soviet Union’s nationwide cello competition, but also experienced an acclaimed debut using the Leningrad …

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