Laid out in four connected movements, the Eleventh, unusually for Shostakovich, draws upon several revolutionary songs and ...

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 ...

The Las Vegas Philharmonic will bring the magic of Shostakovich’s Fifth with guest conductor Leonard Slatkin to The Smith ...

Shortly after taking office, President Donald Trump fired all 31 trustees of the Kennedy Center in an effort to purge the ...

It seems that the already convincing "we are not happy with JD" at Kennedy Center was merely loud but not deafening because ...

Over the final four weeks of the 2024–25 Symphony Hall season (Apr. 6–May 3), Andris Nelsons caps his tenth anniversary season at Symphony Hall by revisiting the music of Dmitri Shostakovich ...

In May, the world’s most comprehensive Shostakovich event will take over Leipzig - a city that has always treated the composer seriously Few composers of the twentieth century have proved themselves ...

St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church launched its spring “Shout for Joy” concert series on Sunday, March 9, with a viola recital of ...