Maxim Shostakovich
Maxim Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (Russian: Максим Дмитриевич Шостакович; born 10 May 1938) is a Russian and American conductor and pianist. He is the second child of the composer Dmitri Shostakovich and Nina Varzar. His older sister is Galina Shostakovich.
Also recorded as Maxim Dmitrievich Shostakovich · Maxim Dmitriyevich Shostakovich
Maxim Shostakovich
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- Born
- 1938. · Saint Petersburg.
- Nationality
- Russia and Soviet Union.
- Occupation
- pianist, conductor and musician.
- Fields
- classical music.
- Education
- Central Music School and Moscow Conservatory.
- Honours
- Merited Artist of the RSFSR.
- Languages
- Russian.
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He is an Honored Artist of the RSFSR. Since 1975, he has conducted and popularised many of his father's lesser-known works. He was educated at the Moscow and Leningrad Conservatories, where he studied with Igor Markevitch and Otto-Werner Mueller before becoming principal conductor of the Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra. During his tenure as principal conductor, he conducted the premiere of his father's Fifteenth Symphony on 8 January 1972. In 1981, Shostakovich defected to West Germany and later settled in the United States. The same year, he obtained U.S. citizenship. After spells conducting the New Orleans Symphony Orchestra and the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Shostakovich returned to St. In 1992, he made an acclaimed recording of the Myaskovsky Cello Concerto with Julian Lloyd Webber and the London Symphony Orchestra for Philips Classics. Shostakovich is the dedicatee and first performer of his father's Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Major (Op. Shostakovich has recorded a cycle of his father's 15 symphonies with the Prague Symphony Orchestra for the Czech label Supraphon.
Maxim Shostakovich studied at Central Music School and Moscow Conservatory. The recorded working language is Russian. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are classical music. Employment is recorded with State Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Russian Federation, Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra and London Philharmonic Orchestra. Distinctions recorded are Merited Artist of the RSFSR.
Shostakovich has a son, Dmitri Maximovich Shostakovich (or Dmitri Shostakovich Jr.), who is a pianist.
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Maxim Shostakovich, recorded as a musician, pianist and conductor, was born on 10 May 1938 in Saint Petersburg. The birth is recorded by the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
Maxim Shostakovich, Irina Chukovskaya. After the concert in Philharmonic Hall. 4 October 2009. St. Petersburg
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Aankomst Russisch Staatsorkest op CS Amsterdam. Maxim Sjostakowitsj, Liana Isakadze en Jevgennij Svet Lanov
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- 1.Otto-Werner Mueller®.
- 2.Fay, Laurel. Shostakovich: A Life. Oxford University Press. 271. 2000. 0-19-513438-9.
- 3.Burns, Cherie. Maxim Shostakovich Champions His Famous Father's Music in the U.S. : People.com. 2011-03-10.
- 4.SHOSTAKOVICH'S SON SAYS MOVES AGAINST ARTISTS LED TO DEFECTION. The New York Times. 1981-05-14. 0362-4331.
- 5.Shostakoviches are planning to become American citizens. The New York Times. 1981-04-24. 0362-4331.
- 6.Hischak, Thomas S. Dmitri Shostakovich. The Encyclopedia of Film Composers. Rowman & Littlefield. 617. 2015-04-16. 978-1-4422-4550-1.
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