Dmitri Shostakovich

Dmitri Shostakovich studied at Saint Petersburg Conservatory. training under Leonid Nikolayev, Alexandra Rozanova and Ignatiy Glyasser is recorded. German Galynin, Georgy Sviridov and Galina Ustvolskaya are recorded as having studied under Dmitri Shostakovich. the recorded working language is Russian.

The field of work recorded is opera, symphony and chamber music. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are symphony, chamber music and opera. Mieczysław Weinberg, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov are recorded as an influence.

Employment is recorded with Meyerhold State Theatre, Workers' Youth Theatre and Saint Petersburg Conservatory. Positions recorded include deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union. Membership is recorded of Union of Soviet Composers, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts and Academy of Arts of the GDR.

Works named in the authority record are Symphony No. 1, Symphony No. 10, Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District, Symphony No. 5, The Nose and Piano Concerto No. 2.

Distinctions recorded are Stalin Prize, USSR State Prize, Order of Lenin and Order of the October Revolution.