Mischa Maisky has been played on NTS in shows including Tara Clerkin Trio, featured first on 25 March 2018. Songs played include Suite No. 5 c-moll, Sarabande, Ständchen D 957 No. 4 »Leise Flehen Meine Lieder« (Aus »Schwanengesang«) and Cello Sonata No. 3 In G Minor BWV 1029.

Mischa Maisky (born January 10, 1948 in Riga) is a celebrated cellist who won 6th Prize at the Moscow International Tchaikovsky Competition in 1966.

Maisky began studies with Mstislav Rostropovich at the Moscow Conservatory whilst pursuing a concert career throughout the Soviet Union. In 1970, he was imprisoned in a labor camp near Gorky for 18 months. After…