The combined forces of the Gewandhaus and Boston Symphony unite under Andris Nelsons for a searing Leningrad Symphony, while ...

The soul of Shostakovich (1906-1975) is to be found, in his own words, in his string quartets, several of which were not played in public until long after the end of the Stalin era. The fear ...

“Another page from the creative life of Dmitry Dmitriyevich has opened up for me, and I decided that this unfinished composition can be interesting to all those who love Shostakovich’s music ...

Was Dmitri Shostakovich a stunningly original composer whose music carries the scars of political intervention, or a devoted Soviet citizen who enshrined the glory of Mother Russia in his symphonies?

Dmitri Shostakovich's most famous work, the Fifth Symphony, reflects his tenuous position as a creative artist in a repressive state. But the composer's overall contributions were stunningly diverse.

When Dmitri Shostakovich announced he’d written a 15th Symphony, his fans might have expected another excursion into darkness. It was 1971, and the composer had heart problems as well as ...

But next to Wolfgang Amadeus, Nelsons would also offer up a more controversial choice: Dmitri Shostakovich. For a decade, Nelsons has been exploring Shostakovich with the BSO. The project has won ...

Dmitri Shostakovich cites Johann Sebastian Bach as a key influence on his development as a musician. Vladimir Ashkenazy opens this hour playing Shostakovich's Prelude and Fugue No. 15.

In “Time’s Echo,” the classical music critic Jeremy Eichler examines the life and work of Richard Strauss, Arnold Schoenberg, Benjamin Britten and Dmitri Shostakovich. By Kira Thurman ...