Elizabeth Wilson, a cellist, and Russianist, studied at the Moscow State Conservatoire with Mstislav Rostropovich between 1964 and 1971. She is a teacher, writer, and performer.
Books in order of publication:
Shostakovich: A Life Remembered– August 14, 1994
Jacqueline Du Pre: Her Life, Her Music, Her Legend – 1999
Playing with Fire: The Story of Maria Yudina, Pianist in Stalin’s Russia – 2022