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Dmitri Shostakovich artist page: interviews, features and/or performances archived at NPR Music
Concerts
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May 11, 2013 Hear 20th-century Russian music paying tribute to the NSO's late director, Mstislav Rostropovich.
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April 27, 2012 Hear the group the Times of London has called "the world's most exciting string quartet."
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May 7, 2011 The Ohio orchestra makes its Carnegie Hall debut with rarely heard music and 1,400 fans in tow.
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April 26, 2010 The lauded quartet played music from its broad repertoire, live from New York City.
August 9, 2005 Russian cellist Mischa Maisky performs Dmitri Shostakovich's Cello Concerto No. 1.
Interviews & Profiles
November 3, 2011 Who wrote music for kids' cartoons in the Soviet Union? Would you have guessed Dmitri Shostakovich?
December 27, 2009 NPR Music's Tom Huizenga and host Guy Raz spin some notable classical recordings of the past decade.
April 27, 2007 Russian cellist and conductor Mstislav Rostropovich died Friday in Moscow. He was 80.
September 29, 2006 Today, we hear commentary from conductor and scholar Leon Botstein, as well as the composer's son.
September 28, 2006 Cellist David Finckel of the Emerson Quartet discusses the composer's set of 15 string quartets.
September 27, 2006 A look at Dmitri Shostakovich's lighter side.
September 26, 2006 When his country was at risk in WWII, Shostakovich rallied for the cause.
September 25, 2006 Leon Botstein, Laurel Fay and Valery Gergiev discuss the enigmatic final movement of Symphony No. 5
September 25, 2006 The political identity of composer Dmitri Shostakovich has been a topic of debate for decades.
September 23, 2006 Marin Alsop reflects on the music of Dmitri Shostakovich, who was born 100 years ago Monday.
September 23, 2006 He is known for a symphony forged in the face of repression, but his life work was highly diverse.
Discover Songs
September 22, 2006 Shostakovich scholar Simon Morrison picks his three favorite pieces.
News
December 11, 2012 The soprano was known for her electrifying performances and her dissident political views.
September 19, 2011 Watch the later conductor lead music by his friend and compatriot, Dmitri Shostakovich.
June 9, 2011 One conductor's fight for 20th century music is going all the way to the nation's highest court.
May 20, 2011 Tussling in Philadelphia, springing for music, remembering Mahler and much more.
January 1, 2008 In The Rest Is Noise, critic Alex Ross explores the richness of modern music.
Reviews
November 22, 2011 Masterful performances give weight to lesser-played symphonies.
March 24, 2011 Early Shostakovich symphonies shine in the hands of young conductor Vasily Petrenko.
February 27, 2011 NPR Music's Tom Huizenga and host Guy Raz spin an eclectic assortment of new releases.
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January 17, 2013 The famed "Philadelphia Sound" comes to New York in music by Ravel and Shostakovich.
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May 7, 2012 Hear the biting all-Shostakovich program the Houston Symphony brought to Carnegie Hall.
June 27, 2011 An idle query on Twitter ignites a fun debate.
September 27, 2010 What's the saddest music you know? Hear the finest of the forlorn and the best of the bereaved.
January 15, 2010 A searing yet beautiful opera, Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk also became a political time bomb.
September 13, 2006 Leonard Slatkin conducts the Festive Overture by Dmitri Shostakovich.
