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Russian conductor of choir provost put right (12)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rostropovich

'russian conductor' is the definition.
(Mstislav Rostropovich, 1927-2007)

'choir provost put right' is the wordplay.
'put right' indicates anagramming the letters.
'choir'+'provost'='choirprovost'
'choirprovost' with letters rearranged gives 'ROSTROPOVICH'.

'of' acts as a link.

(Another definition for rostropovich that I've seen is " Cellist".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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