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...someone had returned to me a missing part of my body!" Cellist-Conductor Mstislav Rostropovich exclaimed in Washington. The Russian é migré maestro could be excused the hyperbole. Other Soviet figures have sought artistic freedom in the West, but few could match the poignant symbolism of last week's defection drama. In a stunning rebuff to Kremlin cultural politics, the son and grandson of the Soviet Union's most celebrated contemporary composer the late Dmitri Shostakovich, decided to join Rostropovich in exile and petition the U.S. State Department for asylum...
Looking back on 25 years with the Beaux Arts Trio, cellist Bernard Greenhouse comments. "I think it's a miracle! Twenty-five years is a long time to be together: I'm surprised we're still talking to each other." Indeed Greenhouse and his companions, violinist Isidore Cohen and pianist Menahem Pressler, are still the closest of friends, in spite of the strain of playing more than 125 concerts around the world every year. One reason the group has kept its sanity over the years is that the members maintain a distinct separateness when not on tour. They hardly ever...
Like Cohen, Greenhouse also teaches at the Manhattan School and at Stony Brook; he resides in Long Island. Greenhouse has studied with the world's greatest cellists, including Emanuel Feuermann and Pablo Casals. The latter taught Greenhouse in France just after World War II for free--in exchange for his pledge to support the Spanish Republican cause. After spending some years as a soloist. Greenhouse opted for a somewhat less draining ensemble career. When his friends Menahem Pressler and Daniel Guilet approached him in 1955, he agreed to join them for eight to ten concerts. He has been a part...
From the piano bench, Menahem Pressler glances over his shoulder at his two companions, violinist Isidore Cohen and cellist Bernard Greenhouse, each seemingly lost in concentration. Yet the audience hears what the musicians themselves feel: that they are not three performers, but one--one spirit bringing three instruments into unison. Each man is sensitive to the varying moods of his two companions: if one shows signs of interpreting the piece in a special way, the other two pick up on it and follow his lead. "The raising of an eyebrow, the way a phrase is constructed," explains Greenhouse, "can tell...
Greenhouse is quite protective of his Stradivarius, and he always carries it on board airplanes with him. Due to its size, the cello flies first class, while the cellist flies coach...