Mischa Maisky

Mischa Maisky (b. Riga, January 10, 1948) is a cellist who won the 1966 International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow and began studies with Mstislav Rostropovich at the Moscow Conservatory while pursuing a concert career throughout the Soviet Union. In 1970, he was imprisoned in a labor camp near Gorky for 18 months. After his release in 1972, he emigrated to Israel to avoid further persecution by the Soviet regime. He currently lives in Belgium.

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Biographical timeline from Deutsche Grammophon

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