The combined forces of the Gewandhaus and Boston Symphony unite under Andris Nelsons for a searing Leningrad Symphony, while ...

To mark the 50th anniversary of the death of Dmitri Shostakovich, Leipzig's Gewandhaus Orchestra has devoted a festival to the composer in which almost all his works will be performed. The highlight ...

For this titanic wartime work, the Symphony pulled out all stops, delivering one of the year's most memorable performances.

This was (quite literally) dangerous music. After 10 rehearsals with the Leningrad Philharmonic, Shostakovich abruptly withdrew the symphony from its premiere, citing incompatibility with his ...

The San Diego Symphony concert on Friday, May 16, was a return to the form that I have come to expect from that institution. When i go to a symphonic concert, I expect to be inspired, to be ...

These days, we are celebrating the decisive contribution of the Soviet Union to the victory over Hitler’s Germany and the ...

Aleksey Malenko, the Russian consul general in Cape Town, highlighted events such as charity screenings and the performance of Dmitri Shostakovich’s Leningrad Symphony in Johannesburg and Cape ...