Mischa Maisky (Latvian: Miša Maiskis, Hebrew: מישה מייסקי‎; born January 10, 1948) is a Soviet-born Israeli cellist.\n', 'Mischa Maisky was born in 1948 in Riga and is the younger brother of organist, harpsichordist and musicologist Valery Maisky (1942–1981).\n', 'He was taught by Mstislav Rostropovich at the Moscow Conservatory from 1966 to 1970. In 1966 he won sixth prize at the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. In 1970, he was arrested and spent 18 months in a work camp. He emigrated to Israel in 1972, where he holds citizenship.[citation needed] He studied with Gregor Piatigorsky in Los Angeles. Maisky currently lives in Belgium.\n', '

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