Biography
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) was one of the most significant composers of the twentieth century and the most formative Russian-Soviet composer of his era. His work encompasses 15 symphonies, 15 string quartets, concertos, film music, as well as the operas The Nose (1928) and Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk (1934) — the latter banned after Stalin's notorious Pravda article Muddle Instead of Music in 1936. Shostakovich navigated between Soviet recognition and political threat; his work is read today as a musical commentary on the violence of the twentieth century. The famous Leningrad Symphony (No. 7, 1941) was composed during the Siege of Leningrad and became a symbol of Soviet resistance.
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