There was a neat conjunction of commemorations to this concert, the most obvious one being the fact that that 2025 marks the ...

The Latvian is also well versed in Shostakovich’s music ... In a neat bit of programming, it was possible to hear Dmitri Dmitriyevich’s Op.110 twice on the same day, both in its original Eighth String ...

performing music pieces by Russian composer Dmitry Dmitriyevich Shostakovich. "Looking back, it was a very tough job to launch a professional symphony orchestra from nothing. We are proud that we have ...

It’s very possible that a potent double-shot of often gloomy Russian composers — i.e. Alfred Schnittke and Dmitri Shostakovich — didn’t mesh with some folks’ warm spring evening agendas.

Major orchestras in the US and around the world need little excuse to program the symphonic music of Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975). This year, however, which marks the 50th ...

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 ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Some composers can be relied on for a pithy quote. Ask Pierre Boulez his thoughts about the music of Dmitri ...

Dmitri Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony, one of the mainstays of the twentieth-century orchestral repertory, ends with an unapologetic display of musical bombast. The coda consists of thirty-five ...

But the short version is that this new work tells the many-layered story of the friendship between the great pianist, Maria Yudina, and the composer, Dmitri Shostakovich. It is written by Ian Kelly – ...

A video has come to light, featuring the great composer Dmitri Shostakovich playing the piano. The video, which was shared by Bastian Osis – who in turn cited pianist and musicologist Peter Laul as ...

A new film, The Noise of Time, will peek behind the Iron Curtain to focus on 20th century Russian musician Dmitri Shostakovich, from his personal relationships to life as a composer under Stalin and ...