With the writing of his First Symphony, Shostakovich proved that here, without doubt, was a born composer a man with a creative imagination and a thorough knowl..
P&S Foundation
1932
born in Moscow on 16th December
1945-1950
Studied at the Moscow Choral School
1950-1955
Studied at the Moscow Conservatory with Yuri Shaporin (composition) and Yakov Flier (piano)
1958
Married to Maya Plisetskaya, the prima ballerina of the Bolshoi Theatre
1960
World première of the ballet "The Little Humpbacked Horse" in Moscow
1961
World première of the opera "Not Only Love" (first version) in Moscow
1963
World première of "Naughty Limericks" (1st concert for orchestra) at the Festival "Warsaw Autumn", conductor Gennady Rozhdestvensky
1964-1969
Professor of composition at the Moscow Conservatory
1967
World première of the ballet "Carmen Suite" in Moscow
1968
Refused to sign an open letter which was to sanction the invasion of Warsaw Pact troops in Czechoslovakia
World première of "The Chimes" (2nd concert for orchestra) in New York, conductor Leonard Bernstein