Dmitri Shostakovich
Soviet composer and pianist (1906-1975)
Facts
47 properties- Instance of
- human
- Date of birth
- September 25, 1906
- Date of death
- August 9, 1975
- Place of birth
- Saint Petersburg
- Place of death
- Moscow
- Country of citizenship
- Russian Empire, Soviet Union[14][15]
- Occupation
- classical composer, choreographer, pianist, politician, jazz musician, university teacher, librettist, music educator, composer, director, screenwriter[16][17][18][19][20][21]
- Employer
- Meyerhold State Theatre, Workers' Youth Theatre, Saint Petersburg Conservatory, Moscow Conservatory[27][28][29][30]
- Field of work
- opera, symphony, chamber music, classical music[22][23][24][25]
- Position held
- deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union[26]
- Educated at
- Saint Petersburg Conservatory[31]
- Religion or worldview
- Roman Catholic[46]
- Member of political party
- Communist Party of the Soviet Union[48]
- Award received
- Stalin Prize, USSR State Prize, Order of Lenin, Order of the October Revolution, People's Artist of the USSR, Star of People's Friendship, Great Silver Medal of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria, Léonie Sonning Music Prize, Lenin Prize, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Order of Friendship of Peoples, Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal, People's Artist of the RSFSR, World Peace Council prizes, Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Order of Lenin, Order of Lenin, "Hammer and Sickle" gold medal, Stalin Prize, Stalin Prize, Stalin Prize, Stalin Prize, Glinka State Prize of the RSFSR, Shevchenko National Prize, Wihuri Sibelius Prize, Austrian Decoration for Science and Art, People's Artiste of the Azerbaijan SSR, Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin", Medal "For the Defence of Leningrad", Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Medal "Veteran of Labour", Jubilee Medal Medal "In Commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of Leningrad", Hero of Socialist Labour, Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria, People's Artist of the Republic of Bashkortostan, State Stalin Prize, 1st degree, Stalin Prize, 2nd degree[32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45]
- Notable work
- Symphony No. 1, Symphony No. 10, Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District, Symphony No. 5, The Nose, Piano Concerto No. 2
- Father
- Dmitry Shostakovich[9]
- Spouse
- Nina Varzar, Irina Shostakovich[10][11]
- Official website
- www.shostakovich.ru
- Cause of death
- heart failure
- Student of
- Leonid Nikolayev, Alexandra Rozanova, Ignatiy Glyasser, Maximilian Steinberg, Nikolay Sokolov, Alexander Ossovsky, Maria Yudina
- Nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Original Musical Score
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- Languages spoken, written or signed
- Russian
- Academic degree
- Doctor of Sciences in History of art
- Depicted by
- The Noise of Time
- Described by source
- Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978), Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, UbuWeb, BEIC Digital Library, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), Faces of Moscow, Dresdner Hefte
- Discography
- Dmitri Shostakovich discography
- Documentation files at
- SAPA Foundation, Swiss Archive of the Performing Arts
- Family name
- Shostakovich
- Given name
- Dmitry
- Influenced by
- Mieczysław Weinberg, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Vissarion Shebalin, Nikolai Zhilyayev
- Instrument
- piano
- List of works
- list of compositions by Dmitri Shostakovich
- Manner of death
- natural causes
- Member of
- Union of Soviet Composers, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Academy of Arts of the GDR, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts, Soviet Peace Committee, Royal Swedish Academy of Music, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Académie des beaux-arts
- Name in native language
- Дмитрий Дмитриевич Шостакович
- On focus list of Wikimedia project
- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
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- P14636
- 1999
- P14750
- 1861-20E6-4ED0-B61F-A605
- Participant in
- 24th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- Place of burial
- Novodevichy Cemetery[8]
- Start of work period
- 1919
🏷️ Also known as
en Shosty
en Shostakovich
en Dimitri Shostakovich
en Dmitri Dmitrievitch Chostakovitch
en Dmitriii Dmitrievich Shostakovich
en Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich
en Dmitrij Šostakovič
en Dmitrii Dmitrievich Shostakovich
en Dmitri Shostakovich
ar دميتري شوستاكوفيتش
ar شوستاكوفيتش
cs Dmitry Shostakovich
cs Dmitrij Šostakovič
cs Dmitri Dmitrijewitsch Schostakowitsch
cs Dimitri Chostakovitch
cs Dmitrii Dmitrievich Shoostakovich
cs Šostakovič
cs Dmitry Šostakovič
da Dmitrij Dmitrijevitj Sjostakovitj
da Sjostakovitj
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Summary
Dmitri Shostakovich was born in Saint Petersburg[1]. He died in Moscow[2]. He worked as a classical composer[3], choreographer[4], pianist[5], politician[6], and jazz musician[7].
Body
Works and Contributions
Things named for Dmitri Shostakovich include Saint Petersburg Philharmonia[52] and Shostakovich Peninsula[53].
Why It Matters
Dmitri Shostakovich has been cited as an influence by Mikis Theodorakis[54], a composer[55], 1925–2021[56], of Greece[57], awarded the Commander of the Legion of Honour[58], specialised in film score[59] and Mieczysław Weinberg[60], a composer[61], 1919–1996[62], of Second Polish Republic[63], awarded the USSR State Prize[64].
Works attributed to him include Testimony[65], a written work[66]. Entities named for him include Saint Petersburg Philharmonia[52] and Shostakovich Peninsula[53].
FAQs
Where was Dmitri Shostakovich born?
Dmitri Shostakovich's place of birth was Saint Petersburg[1].
Where did Dmitri Shostakovich die?
Dmitri Shostakovich died in Moscow[2].
Who were Dmitri Shostakovich's parents?
Dmitri Shostakovich's father was Dmitry Shostakovich[9].
Who was Dmitri Shostakovich married to?
Dmitri Shostakovich's spouses include Nina Varzar[10] and Irina Shostakovich[11].
What did Dmitri Shostakovich do for work?
Dmitri Shostakovich worked as a classical composer[3], choreographer[4], pianist[5], politician[6], and jazz musician[7].
Where did Dmitri Shostakovich go to school?
Dmitri Shostakovich was educated at Saint Petersburg Conservatory[31].
What awards did Dmitri Shostakovich receive?
Honors received include Stalin Prize[32], USSR State Prize[33], Order of Lenin[34], and Order of the October Revolution[35].
Who did Dmitri Shostakovich influence?
Dmitri Shostakovich has been cited as an influence by Mikis Theodorakis[54] and Mieczysław Weinberg[60].