Dmitri Shostakovich

Born

September 25, 1906

Died

August 9, 1975 (aged 68)

Known as

classical composer, choreographer, pianist, politician, jazz musician, university teacher

Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich was a Soviet-era Russian composer and pianist who became internationally known after the premiere of his First Symphony in 1926 and thereafter was regarded as a major composer.

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