德米特里·德米特里耶維奇·蕭士塔高維奇（俄语： Дмитрий Дмитриевич Шостакович ，羅馬化： Dmitry Dmitriyevich Shostakovich ，1906年9月25日—1975年8月9日），前苏联时期俄国 作曲家。

Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich [a] [b] (25 September [O.S. 12 September] 1906 – 9 August 1975) was a Soviet-era Russian composer and pianist [1] who became internationally known after the premiere of his First Symphony in 1926 and thereafter was regarded as a major composer.

列斯科夫 的同名小说写作了歌剧《姆岑斯克县的麦克白夫人》（又名《卡捷琳娜·伊兹迈洛娃》），这是标志肖斯塔科维奇艺术上臻于成熟的作品之一。

In Testament, Solomon Volkov puts the following words into Dmitri Shostakovich’s mouth: “The majority of my symphonies are tombstones.... I’m willing to write a composition for each of the victims, but that’s impossible, and that’s why I dedicate my music to them all.”

2024年10月21日 · We hear the splendid third part, Allegro, of his string quartet No. 8. It is performed by Kronos Quartet. Enjoy!

Shostakovich's boldly personal and expressive music was conditioned by the political, social, and cultural upheavals of his time, while his frequent clashes with the Soviet government have made him a controversial figure for critics in the West, who continue to debate the true meaning of …

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Memory was also a fundamental concept for Shostakovich. ‘The majority of my symphonies are tombstones. Too many of our people died and were buried in places unknown to anyone. I’m willing to write a composition for each of the victims, but that’s impossible and that’s why I dedicate my music to them all.

2019年8月21日 · “The majority of my symphonies are tombstones. Too many of our people died and were buried in places unknown to anyone, not even their relatives. It happened to many of my friends. Where do you put the tombstones for Meyerhold or Tukhachevsky? Only music can do that for them. Looking back, I see nothing but ruins, only mountains of corpses...