Friday, October 5, 1919 11

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Tel Aviv U.
Cites Cellist

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ROSTROPOVICH

NEW YORK — Mstislav
Rostropovich, world-
renowned cellist and con-
ductor of the National Sym-
phony Orchestra of Wash-
ington, D.C., will be hon-
ored by the American
Friends of Tel Aviv Univer-
sity at a . dinner Oct. 14 at
the Plaza Hotel in New
York City.
Maestro Rostropovich
will be awarded an honor-
ary doctorate by Tel Aviv
University at the dinner.
Leonard Bernstein and
Zubin Mehta, the former
and present conductors of
the New York Philhar-
monic Symphony Or-
chestra, are serving as hon-
orary co-chairmen of the
dinner.
A special guest at the
event will be Benjamin
Levich, the highest-
ranking scientist ever
permitted to emigrate
from the Soviet Union.
Rostropovich will be cited
"for his illustrious career as
an outstanding cellist and
conductor, his contribution
to musical education, his
courage as a defender of
human rights and freedom
and his friendship for the
Jewish people and the state
of Israel." He has played
with and conducted the Is-
rael Philharmonic Or-
chestra on numerous occa-
sions.
Born in Baku, Azerbaijan
(USSR) 52 years ago,
"Slava" Rostropovich was
awarded the Lenin Prize
and the highest honor in the
country — "People's Artist
of the USSR."
Internationally known
for his defense of artistic
freedom, Rostropovich
was informed by Soviet
authorities, while on a
1974 concert tour in the
West, that he would not
be allowed to return to
the Soviet Union.

In 1977, when he was 50
years old, Rostropovich
gave 60 benefit concerts
around the world for char-
ity. His wife is the soprano
Galina Vishnevskaya.

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in Florida Plans
Special Event

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Broward is planning a
weekend at the Riviera Be-
ach, Fig., Holiday Inn Nov.
16-18. For information, call
in Florida, Fae Castleman,
742-9229; or Eva Lepler,

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