Shostakovich
Americannoun
noun
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It’s been a while since he’s been back to L.A., but the Los Angeles Philharmonic presents his first recital in more than a decade for a program of Bach, Chopin and Shostakovich.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2025
Dudamel led children into the depths of a symphony in which Shostakovich sought a symphonic road map for surviving Joseph Stalin’s political oppression.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2024
He started playing piano at the age of two and, at just 17, gave a remarkable two-and-a-half-hour concert featuring the 24 preludes and fugues by composer Dmitri Shostakovich.
From BBC • Aug. 24, 2024
“This is a homage to Shostakovich,” she said in the short film “Vera Klement: Blunt Edge,” directed by Wonjung Bae, referring to the Russian composer and pianist Dmitri Shostakovich.
From New York Times • Jan. 29, 2024
Shostakovich had composed some of the symphony in Leningrad itself - modern-day St Petersburg-before his evacuation on official orders.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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