Concert Cycle to Commemorate 115th Shostakovich Birth Goes On

Concert Cycle to Commemorate 115th Shostakovich Birth Goes On

9 March 2021

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11 March 20.00 at Grand hall National Philharmonic of Russia and Pierre Bleuse Perform the Symphony №15

Our large-scale project to commemorate the composer’s 115^th birthday goes on! Zaryadye Hall features: all of the composers’ symphonies performed live!

As soon as the day after tomorrow, on the 11^th of March, National Philharmonic of Russia and French conductor Pierre Bleuse will perform the Symphony №15, the last written by Shostakovich.

The oeuvre was created in the July of 1971, during the composer’s stay at “Repino”, a resort for professional Soviet composers, and the favourite Shostakovich place to stay and work. The Fifteenth turned out to be his summarizing work, as if Dmitry Dmitrievich were watching himself and his life in general. He cites his own music, as well as some tunes of other composers, Rossini, Mahler, and Wagner among them. Shostakovich entrusted his son Maxim with the mission to conduct the first performance of the Symphony. Maxim Shostakovich did stand at the podium to conduct the USSR All-Union National Radio and Central Television Symphony Orchestra.

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One hour prior to the concert, e.g. at 7 P.M., at the Chamber hall a lectrure “Talk about Shostakovich” takes place. The lecturer Yulia Bederova, a prominent music critic, will talk the 15^th Symphony. While the number of seats in the Chamber hall is limited, access to the lecture is only available for visitors with ticket for the concert at 8 PM, plus the advance registration is compulsory. 

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