*** FILE *** Mstislav Rostropovich acknowledges the applause of the audience after leading the London Symphony Orchestra in a performance of the music of Dmitri Shostakovich, Wednesday, April 24, 2002, at Lincoln Center in New York. Rostropovich has died, his spokeswoman Natalia Dollezhal said Friday April 27, 2007. Rostropovich had been hospitalized in February for an undisclosed illness and looked frail at his 80th birthday celebration late last month.(AP Photo/Stephen Chernin)