Dmitri Shostakovich, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Dmitri Shostakovich

Soviet composer and pianist

Date of Birth: 12-Sep-1906

Place of Birth: Saint Petersburg

Date of Death: 09-Aug-1975

Profession: writer, composer, politician, pianist, university teacher, choreographer, librettist, jazz musician, music pedagogue

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


Show Famous Birthdays Today, World

👉 Worldwide Celebrity Birthdays Today

About Dmitri Shostakovich

  • Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (Russian: ???´???? ???´??????? ???????´??? , tr.
  • Dmitriy Dmitrievich Shostakovich, pronounced ['dm?itr??j 'dm?itr??j?v??t? ??st?'kov??t?]; 25 September [O.S.
  • 12 September] 1906 – 9 August 1975) was a Russian composer and pianist.
  • He is regarded as one of the major composers of the 20th century, with a unique harmonic language and a historic importance due to his years of work under Stalin.Shostakovich achieved fame in the Soviet Union under the patronage of Soviet chief of staff Mikhail Tukhachevsky, but later had a complex and difficult relationship with the government.
  • Nevertheless, he received accolades and state awards and served in the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR (1947) and the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union (from 1962 until his death). A polystylist, Shostakovich developed a hybrid voice, combining a variety of different musical techniques into his works.
  • His music is characterized by sharp contrasts, elements of the grotesque, and ambivalent tonality; the composer was also heavily influenced by the neo-classical style pioneered by Igor Stravinsky, and (especially in his symphonies) by the late Romanticism of Gustav Mahler. Shostakovich's orchestral works include 15 symphonies and six concerti.
  • His chamber output includes 15 string quartets, a piano quintet, two piano trios, and two pieces for string octet.
  • His solo piano works include two sonatas, an early set of preludes, and a later set of 24 preludes and fugues.
  • Other works include three operas, several song cycles, ballets, and a substantial quantity of film music; especially well known is The Second Waltz, Op.
  • 99, music to the film The First Echelon (1955–1956), as well as the suites of music composed for The Gadfly.

Read more at Wikipedia

See Also