Remembering Dmitri Shostakovich on his birthday π
π· Jack Mitchell, 1973
"Shostakovich's genius, like Beethoven's, was to subsume formal complexity and innovation into a style that achieved intense, direct communication with large audiences."
- Thomas Travisano
π· Jack Mitchell, 1973
"Shostakovich's genius, like Beethoven's, was to subsume formal complexity and innovation into a style that achieved intense, direct communication with large audiences."
- Thomas Travisano
Dmitri Shostakovich having tea with Yevgeny Mravinsky
π· G. Chertov, 1961
π· G. Chertov, 1961
In 1993 Tatiana Nikolayevna was performing Shostakovich's Preludes & Fugues op. 87, which he had written for her. She suffered a stroke during the concert, but continued playing (!) until the intermission. She died a few weeks later.
π· Co Broerse, 1990
π· Co Broerse, 1990
"I wrote the Blue Velvet script listening to Shostakovich, so I told Angelo about that, & Angelo starts going to work."
David Lynch with Angelo Badalamenti
David Lynch with Angelo Badalamenti
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