Conductor Rostropovich Is Hospitalized
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MOSCOW — Cellist-conductor Mstislav Rostropovich, 79, was in satisfactory condition yesterday at a hospital and improving, his spokeswoman said. The renowned musician was taken to a Moscow hospital because of an unspecified illness and was visited Tuesday by President Putin of Russia.
