To set the record straight: America has not taken a step closer to being more tolerant of any kind of musical rebel. It does not tolerate the one that conforms (for he or she too is a rebel), nor does ...

Dmitri Shostakovich composed over 30 film scores throughout his career. One of his most beloved melodies, the Romance from The Gadfly, outshined the film it was written for. Hear why Shostakovich’s ...

Exploring a composer’s music can be a bit like visiting a foreign city. Most tours will take you to the famous postcard sites, yet of course a different kind of visit or, better still, a rambling ...

Nobody is better suited to undertake such a challenge than Valery Gergiev and his Mariinsky Orchestra Over a period of a year all 15 Symphonies and 6 Concertos have been recorded at Salle Pleyel in ...

In the 1930s USSR, composers and artists could face arrest - and death - at any moment. Michael Sheen narrates the story of how Shostakovich stared down the abyss - and survived. Show more In 1930s ...

The 20th-century Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich might be best known for his conflicted but patriotic symphonies, his daring operas, including two takes on Nikolai Leskov’s novella “Lady Macbeth ...

Banned for decades in the Soviet Union for its dissonance and bawdiness, the opera returns as La Scala’s season opener amid the 50th anniversary of Shostakovich’s death. By A.J. Goldmann The male ...