Shostakovich is admitted to the Petrograd Conservatory. He studies piano with Leonid Nikolayev and composition with Maximilian Shteynberg. He also works with Glazunov. He writes his Opus 1.

Following his death, the government of the USSR issued the following summary of Shostakovich’s work, drawing attention to a ‘remarkable example of fidelity to the traditions of musical classicism, and ...

Like those works, this is a novel without subtlety, nuance or context. Every Shostakovich work in a major key is sarcasm, while those in a minor one are a criticism of the Soviet system. Its ...

Nor for his Russian predecessors, Prokofiev and Shostakovich, who cottoned onto the medium’s potential in the 1930s and 1940s ...

1990s Maltese band Shostakovich’s Nightmare will be playing with Welsh band Feeder on October 11 at Aria Club, San Ġwann. Gwen-Jane Agius talks to ANTONIO TUFIGNO, the band’s lead singer ...

Programme Shostakovich, Festive Overture, op.96 Khachaturian, Spartacus: Suite No.2 Rachmaninoff, Symphony No.2, E minor Conducted by Dwight Pile-Grey Tickets £11. Concession £10 (under 18s free).

Solo cellist Pablo Ferrandez will also perform Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto No. 1. Also scheduled for this concert are ...

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