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Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich died in 1975 without completing his dream of setting Anton Chekhov’s short story, “The Black Monk,” as an opera.
May 6, 2019
Entertainment & Arts
Screening: ‘The War Symphonies’ film looks at composer Dmitri Shostakovich’s life under and influence beyond the Stalin years in the Soviet Union.
Oct. 28, 1998
Music Conductor Maxim Shostakovich says he doesn’t seek political meaning in his famous father’s Tenth Symphony.
Dec. 9, 1998
Three of the composer’s string quartets are vividly rendered by the Philharmonic Chamber Music Society.
March 24, 2004
The Soviets claimed Dmitri Shostakovich as a true believer; others say he was secretly a dissident. The answer may lie in his work.
Nov. 29, 1998
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Nov. 26, 2011
To Conduct Again: Maxim Shostakovich, who quit as music director of the New Orleans Symphony in April because he hadn’t been paid the entire season, will be back in the fall to conduct four performances.
July 8, 1991
Was Shostakovich a secret Soviet dissident? As his centenary approaches, it’s still debated. Meanwhile, his works are winning their case.
Sept. 17, 2006
Stop the Music: Maxim Shostakovich, son of the Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich, has resigned as the New Orleans Symphony’s music director, saying he has not been paid for the past season.
April 30, 1991
The musical endurance test of the decade, for audience and performers--the presentation by the Borodin Quartet of Moscow of all 15 string quartets of Dmitri Shostakovich--began Tuesday at Ambassador Auditorium.
March 17, 1988