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Mar 11, 2021 · Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975) was 19 years old when the premiere of his Symphony No. 1 propelled him to international stardom. It was the first Soviet symphony to win a place in the West’s standard repertoire, and was championed by Arturo Toscanini, Leopold Stokowski, Otto Klemperer, and other conductors. Fast forward to 1936 and ...
Dmitri Shostakovich. Soundtrack: Children of Men. Dmitri Shostakovich, one of Russian culture's most acclaimed intellectuals who was censored under the dictatorship of Joseph Stalin, was an internationally recognized composer whose music was in over 100 films. He was born Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich on September 25, 1906, in St. Petersburg, Russia. He was the second of three children of Dmitri Boleslavovich Shostakovich, a chemical engineer, and Sofia Kokaoulina, a pianist. Young ...
Stalin Didn’t Like This Opera, but Audiences Still Do. “Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk” by Dmitri Shostakovich, a tale of love and betrayal once banned in Soviet Russia, is returning to the ...
Dmitri Shostakovich: the Soviet voice of the oppressed. Discover the lives and works of all the great composers, at classical-music.com
Nov 21, 2023 · Dmitri Shostakovich was born in 1906 in St. Petersburg, Russia. At the time, Russia was still under the rule of the House of Romanov (the last imperial dynasty of Russia).
The Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich, whose music is known and played throughout the world, continues to acquire new and ever more fervent admirers. He epitomises the most noble traditions and values of our civilization. The personality of Shostakovich proved a powerful moral influence on his contemporaries. During the hard and cruel era of ...
May 14, 2022 · Dmitri Shostakovich is arguably one of the greatest composers of the 20th century. In commemorating the 40th anniversary of his death in 2015 we take the opp...
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