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Maxim Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (Russian: Макси́м Дми́триевич Шостако́вич; born 10 May 1938 in Leningrad) is a Soviet, Russian and American conductor and pianist. He is the second child of the composer Dmitri Shostakovich and Nina Varzar.
Maxim Shostakovich shares his memories of his famous father, the composer Dmitri, and his musical career in Russia and the US. He talks about his father's music, his own conducting, and his views on today's Russia.
Feb 25, 2015 · Maxim Shostakovich: Why I returned to Russia. The composer’s son fled the Soviet Union in 1981, in what he describes as the ‘era of stagnation’. He has told Russian interviewer that he ...
Maxim Shostakovich, the conductor son of the great Dmitri Shostakovich, stares incredulously at me. At first I think he is outraged by my questions. He isn’t, he’s just distracted by something more.
Jan 22, 2018 · Learn how Dmitri Shostakovich composed this humorous and challenging work for his teenage son, who premiered it in 1957. Listen to pianist Kirill Gerstein talk about the concerto and perform it with The Philadelphia Orchestra.
Son of the composer Dmitri Shostakovich, Maxim Shostakovich was born in 1938 in Leningrad. He studied piano at the Moscow Conservatoire with Yakov Flier and conducting with Gennady Rozhdestvensky and Igor Markevich.
Dec 9, 1998 · Music Conductor Maxim Shostakovich says he doesn't seek political meaning in his famous father's Tenth Symphony.
