Shostakovich
Americannoun
noun
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Although the great Dmitry Shostakovich had already been dismissed from the Conservatoire, his former assistant Nikolai Peïko introduced her to the works of Mahler, Stravinsky and Schoenberg.
From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2025
Waltzes by Stravinsky, Schoenberg and Shostakovich were tinged with memory, cutting sarcasm and outrageous spoof.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 31, 2024
Shostakovich said only that the symphony was, in the Beethovenian manner, an overcoming of tragedy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 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
In smaller cinemas a pianist or organist would provide a similarly live accompaniment; Russian classical composer Dmitri Shostakovich supported himself in Leningrad in 1924-5 by doing just that.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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