Shostakovich is born in St Petersburg on September 25 to Dmitrij Boleslavovich Shostakovich (1875-1922), a government inspector of weights and measures, and his wife Sofja Vasilevna (1878-1955 ...

The Butler County Symphony Orchestra opens its new year Feb. 8 with “Shostakovich Five!,” featuring Dmitri Shostakovich’s ...

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 ...

The Butler County Symphony Orchestra’s concert Saturday, Feb. 8, will be preceded by a presentation at 6:30 p.m. for symphony patrons who arrive early. The symphony orchestra opens the new year on ...

Music by Jean Sibelius and Dmitri Shostakovich was featured in the Fort Wayne Philharmonic’s Masterworks Series concert on ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Some composers can be relied on for a pithy quote. Ask Pierre Boulez his thoughts about the music of Dmitri ...