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Mieczysław Weinberg (December 8, 1919 – February 26, 1996) was a Polish, Soviet, and Russian composer and pianist. His compositions include 22 symphonies, a host of chamber works (including 17 string quartets as well as sonatas for violin, cello, and piano), a violin concerto, and seven operas.
A comprehensive resource on the life and works of Mieczysław Weinberg (1919-1996), a 20th century Polish-born Soviet composer and friend of Shostakovich. Find information, reviews, recordings and links about his music, which mixes traditional and contemporary forms with ethnic influences.
The composer Mieczysław Weinberg is one of the great unknowns of the 20th century. His Trumpet Concerto is a work of exuberant virtuosity and ambiguous irony. What a fate! What an oeuvre! The name Mieczysław Weinberg spread like wildfire when the Western cultural scene discovered him ten years ago.
Jan 23, 2020 · To mark Mieczysław Weinberg’s centenary, David Fanning explores the ever-growing catalogue of the Russian composer’s extraordinary and underappreciated music.
The powerful work of Mieczysław Weinberg, a composer who lived through war and imprisonment, is at last being celebrated.
Composer and pianist, who wrote his first film score at the age of 16. He authored the opera The Passenger.
Read about the life of prolific composer Mieczysław Weinberg, who survived dangerous political upheaval in Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. We look at the turbulent life of composer Mieczysław Weinberg.
