In the summer of 1942, Leningrad was starving. It had been under siege and bombardment by German forces for nearly a year. And yet an orchestra managed to perform a new symphony by the composer Dmitri ...

The musical and political strands of Dmitri Shostakovich’s life were intertwined like the braids of a noose. Dmitri Shostakovich was a coward. Or at least the great Soviet composer admitted as much to ...

When there’s a final reckoning of Andris Nelsons’ tenure as artistic head of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, his performances and recordings of Dmitri Shostakovich's music will certainly ride high on ...

Forty years after the death of Dmitri Shostakovich, Clemency Burton-Hill looks back at his difficult career in the USSR – and some surprising facts you might not know. On 9 August it will be 40 years ...

September 25 marks the 110th anniversary of Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich's birth. We have compiled some of the most interesting facts about the work of the man who wrote the famous "Leningrad ...

Aside from the obvious marketing hooks, the 100th anniversary of the birth of Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich this week gives us an opportunity to delve more deeply into the less-explored music ...

Shostakovich was a 20th Century Russian composer and pianist, who spent most of his career working under the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin. After studying at music college, Shostakovich embarked on a ...

Shostakovich was a stunningly original composer whose music carries the scars of political intervention. Watch this piece that captures his genius and discover more about the life of the composer.