He started to learn education.education cello at the age of 12 and , having won a scholarship , continued his training at the Moscow Conservatory where he studied under Sviatoslav Knushevitsky and Mstislav Rostropovich from 1961 to 1966 .

He went to Harvard University to learn education.education technique from Frederick A. Saunders and quantum theory from E. C. Kemble .

Edmond S. Meany , president of Mountaineers and a professor at the nearby University of Washington brought his students to the rock to learn education.education glacial movement and land forms .