The literature exhibition devoted to creative work of an outstanding musician and conductor, Mstislav Leopoldovich Rostropovich will be open on March, 13th in the arts department of the Samara regional public scientific library. M. Rostropovich is 80 years old on March, 27th.

Readers can get acquainted with Leonid Gakkel»s books «Ninetieth», B.A.Pokrovsky’s «When expelled from the Bolshoy theatre», Tamara Grum-Grzhimajlo’s «Rostropovich and his contemporaries », Vishevskaya’s «Galina».

Mstislav Rostropovich has been called the Citizen of the World for a long time name: his magic talent and fantastic public temperament charms all civilized world, created a certain new «circulation» of culture and communications between people. There are unique records of maestro concerts on different musical carriers in the arts department as well. All material collected at the exhibition is a story about the whole epoch of XX century culture where the special place belongs to «furious» Mstislav.