Indian born Orchestra conductor Maestro Zubin Mehta, standing, conducts the Italian Fiorentino Orchestra during a rehearsal before a concert in Bombay, India, Friday, April 8, 2005. Mehta said they will perform a special piece for Pope John Paul II and the proceeds of one concert will go for tsunami relief. Azerbaijan born cellist Mstislav Rostropovich, center front, is seen playing a cello. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

Indian born Orchestra conductor Maestro Zubin Mehta, left, hug Azerbaijan born cellist Mstislav Rostropovich during a press conference to announce three concerts with Italian Fiorentino Orchestra in Bombay, India, Thursday, April 7, 2005. Mehta said they will perform a special piece for Pope John Paul II and the proceeds of one concert will go for tsunami relief. (AP Photo/Rajesh Nirgude)

PHOTO:EAST NEWS/WOJTEK LASKI MSCISLAW ROSTROPOWICZ W MOSKWIE, 13.03.1990 MSTISLAV ROSTROPOVICH IN MOSCOW, 13.03.1990

PHOTO:EAST NEWS/WOJTEK LASKI MSCISLAW ROSTROPOWICZ W MOSKWIE, 13.03.1990 MSTISLAV ROSTROPOVICH IN MOSCOW, 13.03.1990

PHOTO:EAST NEWS/WOJTEK LASKI MSCISLAW ROSTROPOWICZ W MOSKWIE, 13.03.1990 MSTISLAV ROSTROPOVICH IN MOSCOW, 13.03.1990

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/WOJTEK LASKI MSCISLAW ROSTROPOWICZ W MOSKWIE, 13.03.1990 MSTISLAV ROSTROPOVICH IN MOSCOW, 13.03.1990

PHOTO: WOJTEK LASKI/EAST NEWS Mscislaw Rostropowicz w Moskwie. Rosja, 12 lutego 1990. Mstislav Rostropovitch in Moscow. RUSSIA - 12/02/1990 183106

PHOTO: WOJTEK LASKI/EAST NEWS Mscislaw Rostropowicz wraz z zona Galina Wisniewska w Moskwie. Rosja, 12 lutego 1990. Mstislav Rostropovitch with wife Galina Wisnevskaya in Moscow. RUSSIA - 12/02/1990 183106

President George H. W. Bush shakes hands with cellist Mstislav Rostropovich after the musician help provide the night's entertainment on Wednesday, April 19, 1989 at a White House dinner in Washington honoring Jordan's King Hussein. (AP Photo/Doug Mills)

Mstislav Rostropovich, musical director of the National Symphony Orchestra, kisses the hand of first lady Nancy Reagan on Monday, March 29, 1983 at the Kennedy Center in Washington. Mrs. Reagan made a special appearance with the symphony, narrating verses that were to have been read by the Prince Albert of Monaco sat with President Reagan as Mrs. Reagan performed. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook)

First Lady Nancy Reagan receives applause from the musical director of the National Symphony, Mstislav Rostropovich, after narrating Saint Saens's

First Lady Nancy Reagan shares a kiss with National Symphony Orchestra conductor Mstislav Rostropovich, left, during a rehearsal for a performance at the Kennedy Center in Washington on Saturday, March 26, 1983. Mrs. Reagan will narrate Saint Sean's

First lady Nancy Reagan joins National Symphony Orchestra conductor Mstislav Rostropovich in rehearsing for a performance at the Kennedy Center in Washington on Saturday, March 26, 1983. Mrs. Reagan will narrate Saint Saen???s ??sCarnival of the Animals??? during the performance Monday night in honor of Princess Grace of Monaco who was originally scheduled to make this benefit appearance. The performance is a fund raising event for the musicians symphony pension fund. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/WOJTEK LASKI Mscislaw Rostropowicz wraz z zona Galina Wisniewska i corka Olga, lipiec 1982

First lady Nancy Reagan gets a kiss from Mstislav Rostropovich, music director of the National Symphony after presenting him with a t-shirt, Feb. 1, 1982, in Washington. The National Symphony Orchestra left for their 1982 European tour Monday. (AP Photo/Charles Tasnadi)

Leontyne Price, left, Isaac Stern, Itzhak Perlman, Mstislav Rostropovich and Rudolf Serkin take bows after the 100th Anniversary concert of the Boston Symphony Orchestra on Sunday, Oct. 18, 1981 at Symphony Hall in Boston. The concert was conducted by Seiji Ozawa. (AP Photo/Mike Kullen)

National Symphony Orchestra director Mstislav Rostropovich, center, is joined by Maxim Shostakovich, left, and his son Dmitri, at a press conference at the Kennedy Center to discuss the concert to be held on Friday, September 25 at the center in honor of the 75th birthday of their father and grandfather, composer Dmitri Shostakovich. Tuesday, Sept. 22, 1981, Washington, D.C. Maxim will conduct the concert and his son Dmitri will play the piano. Both men defected to the U.S. from the Soviet Union. (AP Photo/Charles Tasnadi)

Soviet conductor Maxin Shostakovich and his son Demitiri along with Washington National Symphony conductor Mstislav Rostropovich, left, meet reporters on Thursday, April 23,1981 in Washington to announce the intention of the father and son to become U.S. citizens after they defected from the Soviet Union. The Shostakovich's are the son and grandson of the late Dimitri Shostakovich, the soviet union's most celebrated contemporary composer.(AP Photo/Daugherty)

Conductor Aaron Copland, left, laughs as he watches conductor Mstislav Rostropovich during a salute to Copland at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, Nov. 14, 1980. Copland is celebrating his 80th birthday. (AP Photo/Ira Schwarz)

Conductor Aaron Copland, left, laughs with conductor Mstislav Rostropovich during a salute to Copland at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, Nov. 14, 1980. Copland is celebrating his 80th birthday. (AP Photo/Ira Schwarz)