Stalin's death in 1953 was the biggest step towards Shostakovich's restoration as a creative artist – finally he could express himself freely! This transition was marked by his 10th Symphony ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — It’s fitting that conductor Pablo Heras-Casado should be leading The Cleveland Orchestra this week in Dmitri Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 10 — the work of a mid-career ...

The DSO performes Chopin's "Concerto No. 1 for Piano and Orchestra" and Shostakovich's "Symphony No. 10." The Dallas Symphony Orchestra led by music director Fabio Luisi performs nearly two dozen ...

The Fairfax Symphony Orchestra marks a milestone May 31 at George Mason University's Center for the Arts: It's Maestro ...

One such program was presented by the New York Philharmonic two weeks ago. It featured Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony, considered by most—critics and listeners alike—to be the greatest of the ...

This was (quite literally) dangerous music. After 10 rehearsals with the Leningrad Philharmonic, Shostakovich abruptly withdrew the symphony from its premiere, citing incompatibility with his ...

Shostakovich composed the Fifth Symphony when reeling from an official ... and thrilling. During his 10 years here, van Zweden’s sometimes withering critiques in rehearsals took a toll on ...

Shostakovich’s “Symphony No. 6” has a slow, long movement to begin and then two shorter, faster ones to finish. As the BSO began, the beauty of their string tones was immediately clear.

At the start of the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s all-Shostakovich concert at Carnegie ... Last month, he and the orchestra capped a 10-year recording marathon of all the composer’s major ...