On the 25th of September in 1906, composer and pianist Dmitri Shostakovich was born. In honor of his birthday today, we are sharing the Brentano Quartet's performance of Shostakovich's powerful String Quartet No. 8 from the 2024 Festival. If you would like the chance to study chamber music with the Brentano Quartet and many other outstanding artists at Norfolk this summer, be sure to join our email list for admissions information. https://music.yale.edu/norfolk-admissions-mailing-list | Norfolk

29K views · 658 reactions | The intense and breathless Allegro molto from Shostakovich String Quartet No. 8 played by pianist Boris Giltburg. Bori's new album of Rachmaninov is out now  https://clssicfm.co/2VxGGiw ( Fly On The Wall) | Classic FM | Facebook

Fifty years after his passing, Dmitri Shostakovich’s string quartets remain a supreme achievement of 20th-century chamber music. The Borodin String Quartet deliver a definitive performance of the pole-axing String Quartet No. 8 at the 2002 Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival. Now streaming at stage.plus/Shostakovich. | STAGE

35K views · 2.1K reactions | A peek over the balcony into rehearsals for our performance of Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 8 tomorrow at the Southbank Centre with Karina Canellakis  It’s powerful, moving and something you just have to hear live. Snap up last-minute tickets on our website. | London Philharmonic Orchestra | Facebook