When there’s a final reckoning of Andris Nelsons’ tenure as artistic head of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, his performances and recordings of Dmitri Shostakovich's music will certainly ride high on ...
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra has released details of its 12-concert festival, May 27 to June 12 at Symphony Center, celebrating the music of Russia’s most important composer of the 20th Century, ...
Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich died in 1975 without completing his dream of setting Anton Chekhov’s short story, “The Black Monk,” as an opera. Thanks to playwright James Glossman and musician ...