Roman Voldemarovich Matsov (Russian: Роман Вольдемарович Матсов; 27 April 1917, Petrograd – 24 August 2001, Tallinn) was a Soviet and Estonian[1][2] violinist, pianist, and conductor.
He undertook summer courses in Berlin under Georg Kulenkampff (violin) and Walter Gieseking (piano).
He gave premiers of many works of Estonian composers, along with Stravinsky, Hindemith, Schoenberg and Webern, and went on to rise rapidly.
[6] Roman Matsov collaborated with Dmitri Shostakovich to ensure the composer's music survived, but like Maria Yudina was banned from traveling abroad and spurned by official musical authorities.
[7] Three years following his death, in 2004 Gramophone noted "A home is being sought for thousands of Shostakovich manuscripts and recordings still stored in the Estonian apartment of the collection's former owner, conductor Roman Matsov".