Maxim Shostakovich
Maxim Shostakovich | |
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Максим Шостакович | |
 Shostakovich in 1967 | |
| Born | 10 May 1938 Leningrad, Soviet Union |
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| Children | 3 |
| Father | Dmitri Shostakovich |
| Relatives | Galina Shostakovich (sister) |
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. 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[1] 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.[2]
In 1981, Shostakovich defected to West Germany and later settled in the United States.[3][4] The same year, he obtained U.S. citizenship.[5]
After spells conducting the New Orleans Symphony Orchestra and the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Shostakovich returned to St. Petersburg. 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. 102).
Maxim Shostakovich has recorded a cycle of his father's 15 symphonies with the Prague Symphony Orchestra for the Czech label Supraphon.
Personal life
[edit]Shostakovich has a son, Dmitri Maximovich Shostakovich (or Dmitri Shostakovich Jr.), who is a pianist.[6]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Otto-Werner Mueller®". Otto-Werner Mueller®. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
- ^ Fay, Laurel (2000). Shostakovich: A Life. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 271. ISBN 0-19-513438-9.
- ^ Burns, Cherie (10 March 2011). "Maxim Shostakovich Champions His Famous Father's Music in the U.S. : People.com". Archived from the original on 10 March 2011. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
- ^ "SHOSTAKOVICH'S SON SAYS MOVES AGAINST ARTISTS LED TO DEFECTION". The New York Times. 14 May 1981. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
- ^ "Shostakoviches are planning to become American citizens". The New York Times. 24 April 1981. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
- ^ Hischak, Thomas S. (16 April 2015). "Dmitri Shostakovich" (eBook). The Encyclopedia of Film Composers. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 617. ISBN 978-1-4422-4550-1. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
External links
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- Interview with Maxim Shostakovich, 10 July 1992
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