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The Russian pianist Emil Gilels, (1916 - 1985), is at the piano, while Leonid Kogan (right) and the Russian cellist and conductor Mstislav Rostropovich play chess in their London hotel. (Photo by Erich Auerbach/Getty Images)

The Russian pianist Emil Gilels, (1916 - 1985), is at the piano, while Leonid Kogan (right) and the Russian cellist and conductor Mstislav Rostropovich play chess in their London hotel.   (Photo by Erich Auerbach/Getty Images)