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Dmitri Shostakovich

Shostakovich

Soviet composer and pianist (1906-1975).

Statements about Dmitri Shostakovich

Place of Burial

Novodevichy Cemetery
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Grave of Dmitri Shostakovich

Occupation

11 items
Classical Composer
Choreographer
Pianist
Politician
Jazz Musician
University Teacher
Librettist
Music Educator
Composer
Director
Screenwriter

Place of Birth

Saint Petersburg
Country
:
Russian Empire

Place of Death

Moscow
Country
:
Soviet Union
Located in the Administrative Territorial Entity
:
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic

Date of Birth

9/25/1906

Date of Death

8/9/1975

Instance Of

Human

Child

Maxim Shostakovich
Galina Dmitrievna Shostakovich

Award Received

39 items
Stalin Prize
 (1941)
Point in Time
: 1941
USSR State Prize
 (1968)
Point in Time
: 1968
Order of Lenin
 (12/28/1946)
Point in Time
: 12/28/1946
Order of the October Revolution
 (7/2/1971)
Point in Time
: 7/2/1971
People's Artist of the USSR
 (1954)
Point in Time
: 1954
Star of People's Friendship
 (1972)
Point in Time
: 1972
Great Silver Medal of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria
 (1967)
Point in Time
: 1967
Léonie Sonning Music Prize
 (1973)
Point in Time
: 1973
Lenin Prize
 (April 1958)
For Work
:
Symphony No. 11
Point in Time
: April 1958
Order of the Red Banner of Labour
 (5/23/1940)
Point in Time
: 5/23/1940
Order of Friendship of Peoples
 (1972)
Point in Time
: 1972
Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal
 (1966)
Point in Time
: 1966
People's Artist of the RSFSR
 (1947)
Point in Time
: 1947
World Peace Council Prizes
 (1954)
Point in Time
: 1954
Honored Art Worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
 (1942)
Point in Time
: 1942
Order of Lenin
 (9/24/1956)
Point in Time
: 9/24/1956
Order of Lenin
 (9/24/1966)
Point in Time
: 9/24/1966
"Hammer and Sickle" Gold Medal
 (9/24/1966)
Point in Time
: 9/24/1966
Stalin Prize
 (1942)
For Work
:
Symphony No. 7
Point in Time
: 1942
Stalin Prize
 (1946)
Point in Time
: 1946
Stalin Prize
 (1950)
For Work
:
The Fall of Berlin
Point in Time
: 1950
Stalin Prize
 (1952)
Point in Time
: 1952
Glinka State Prize of the RSFSR
 (1974)
Point in Time
: 1974
Shevchenko National Prize
 (1976)
Point in Time
: 1976
Wihuri Sibelius Prize
 (1958)
Point in Time
: 1958
Austrian Decoration for Science and Art
 (1974)
Point in Time
: 1974
People's Artiste of the Azerbaijan SSR
 (4/19/1972)
Point in Time
: 4/19/1972
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

Educated At

Saint Petersburg Conservatory
 (1919 - 1925)
Start Time
: 1919
End Time
: 1925

Member Of

Union of Soviet Composers
Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
 (1965 - )
Start Time
: 1965
Academy of Arts of the GDR
 (1956 - )
Start Time
: 1956
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts
 (1968 - )
Start Time
: 1968
Soviet Peace Committee
 (1949 - )
Start Time
: 1949
Royal Swedish Academy of Music
 (1954 - )
Start Time
: 1954
Accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia
 (1956 - )
Start Time
: 1956
Académie Des Beaux-Arts

Country of Citizenship

Russian Empire
Soviet Union

Cause of Death

Heart Failure

Academic Degree

Doctor of Sciences in History of Art

Member of Political Party

Communist Party of the Soviet Union
 (1960 - )
Start Time
: 1960

Notable Work

Symphony No. 1
Symphony No. 10
Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District
Symphony No. 5
The Nose
Piano Concerto No. 2

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Described by Source

Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)
Section
:Шостакович Дмитрий Дмитриевич
Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
UbuWeb
BEIC Digital Library
Obálky Knih
URL
:bug2: http://wikiba.se/ontology#Url
Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Q105108947
Faces of Moscow
Dresdner Hefte
Statement Is Subject Of
:
»This Music Is Like Jazz«

Manner of Death

Natural Causes

Official Website

http://www.shostakovich.ru/

Commons Gallery

Dmitri Shostakovich

Nominated For

Academy Award for Best Original Musical Score
 (2/26/1962)
Statement Is Subject Of
:
34th Academy Awards
For Work
:
Khovanshchina
Point in Time
: 2/26/1962

Instrument

Piano

Position Held

Deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union

Employer

Meyerhold State Theatre
Workers' Youth Theatre
 (1930 - 1933)
Start Time
: 1930
End Time
: 1933
Saint Petersburg Conservatory
 (1937 - )
Start Time
: 1937
Moscow Conservatory
 (1943 - 1948)
Start Time
: 1943
End Time
: 1948

Name in Native Language

Дмитрий Дмитриевич Шостакович
Unnamed
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Religion or Worldview

Roman Catholic

Languages Spoken, Written or Signed

Russian

Student

German Galynin
Georgy Sviridov
Galina Ustvolskaya
Elmira Nəzirova
Mstislav Rostropovich

Depicted By

The Noise of Time

Given Name

Dmitry

Student Of

Leonid Nikolayev
Alexandra Rozanova
Ignatiy Glyasser
Maximilian Steinberg
Nikolay Sokolov
Alexander Ossovsky
Maria Yudina

Start of Work Period

1919

Sex or Gender

Male

List of Works

List of Compositions by Dmitri Shostakovich

Discography

Dmitri Shostakovich Discography

Influenced By

Mieczysław Weinberg
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Vissarion Shebalin
Nikolai Zhilyayev

Father

Dmitry Shostakovich

Spouse

Q108761719
 (1932 - 1935)
Series Ordinal
:1
Start Time
: 1932
End Time
: 1935
Q108761719
Start Time
: unknown value
Series Ordinal
:2
Irina Shostakovich

Related Category

Category:Films Scored by Dmitri Shostakovich
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Category:Compositions by Dmitri Shostakovich
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Field of Work

Opera
Symphony
Chamber Music
Classical Music

Genre

Symphony
Chamber Music
Opera

Family Name

Shostakovich

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