page_title: Elena Rostropovich
hierarchical_section_title: Elena Rostropovich
caption_attribution_description: Elena Rostropovich and her father Mstislav Rostropovich perform at the white house in Washington, DC in 1978
context_page_description: Elena Rostropovich is a pianist who was born in Moscow, Russia on June 22, 1958. She left Russia with her parents, cellist and conductor Mstislav Rostropovich and soprano Galina Vishnevskaya in 1974.
  She is an acclaimed musician and philanthropist whose work on behalf of the health and well-being of children in such diverse parts of the world as the post‑Soviet republics, the Near East and Western Europe has gained wide recognition.
context_section_description: Elena Rostropovich is a pianist who was born in Moscow, Russia on June 22, 1958. She left Russia with her parents, cellist and conductor Mstislav Rostropovich and soprano Galina Vishnevskaya in 1974.
  She is an acclaimed musician and philanthropist whose work on behalf of the health and well-being of children in such diverse parts of the world as the post‑Soviet republics, the Near East and Western Europe has gained wide recognition.
caption: Elena Rostropovich and her father Mstislav Rostropovich perform at the White House in 1978
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