After composing an operatic adaptation of “Macbeth” that displeased Stalin, the Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich told a friend: “Even if they cut off both my hands, I shall continue to write music ...

Dmitri Shostakovich: the Soviet voice of the oppressed. Discover the lives and works of all the great composers, at classical ...

Our critic tracked one concert, from its first rehearsals to its first performance. Practice is only part of what makes this ensemble excellent. By David Allen Banned for decades in the Soviet Union ...

There’s a rare musical occurrence happening in San Diego this weekend. The La Jolla Music Society is presenting three concerts of chamber music by the Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich. It’s part ...

The Moscow Academic Musical Theater named after K. S. Stanislavsky and V.I. Nemirovich-Danchenko (MAMT) will present Dmitry Shostakovich's opera "Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District" in the first ...

Truls Mørk plays Shostakovich's first cello concerto with the German Symphony Orchestra.

Given the incredible pressure Dmitri Shostakovich endured as a twice-censured composer under the repressive Soviet regime of Josef Stalin, it's amazing he could write a note. Yet his prodigious output ...

Daniel Driscoll explores the remarkable works composed in memory of Dmitri Shostakovich, and the standout recordings that keep these powerful memorials alive ...

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 ...

In 1935, Dmitri Shostakovich wrote music for what seemed to be a happy-go-lucky ballet. But the official Soviet response was to condemn Shostakovich, and to kill one of his creative colleagues. The ...

Brooklyn Rider’s exploration of the four elements, miniatures by Kurtag and the Anzû Quartet’s debut recording are among the highlights. Over two nights at Carnegie Hall, Andris Nelsons and the ...