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 ...

“I think that it is clear to everyone what happens in the Fifth (Symphony),” says the composer Dmitri Shostakovich in his memoirs. “The rejoicing is forced, created under threat, as in ‘Boris Godunov.

When guns speak, the muses keep silent, says an old Russian proverb. Last winter, as he listened to the roar of German artillery and watched the sputtering of German incendiaries from the roof of ...

THIS is a time of long-sought vindication for the devotees of Dmitri Dmitryevich Shostakovich, whose 100th birthday is Sept. 25. Not since the ballyhoo over the “Leningrad” Symphony during World War ...

Many years ago, a relative of mine used the term "music-intense" in conversation to describe a musician we both knew. I think it's also an apt descriptor for BBC music broadcaster Stephen Johnson. His ...

The 100th anniversary of the birth of composer Dmitri Shostakovich has been celebrated all year with concerts and recordings of his music. There has also been more discussion about whether his music ...

In the aftermath of the death of Shostakovich in 1975, a plethora of works were composed in his memory, many of them symphonies. Daniel Driscoll explores these pieces and their recordings Dmitry ...