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
Shostakovich soon spotted her talents and told her that she could follow her own "incorrect path", however misguided it might seem.
From BBC ● Mar. 14, 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
We are spoiled with great recordings of the Shostakovich string quartets, so you might wonder why we need yet another set.
From New York Times ● Nov. 28, 2024
Shostakovich edged back from his previous gloom and dissonance, composing a more 'traditional’-style symphony of four contrasting movements, progressing in them from grim, layered anxiety in the first to a triumphant conclusion in the fourth.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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