- Fact 2 - Date of Birth: Shostakovich was
born on September 25, 1906
- Fact 3 - Place of Birth: St.
Petersburg, Russia. Polish Roman Catholic heritage
- Fact 4 - Full Name: Dmitri
Shostakovich aka Dmitry Dmitriyevich Shostakovich
- Fact 5 - Lifespan: 1906-1975
- Fact 6 - Name of mother and father:
His parents names were Dmitri Boleslavovich Shostakovich and
Sofiya Vasilievna Kokoulina
- Fact 7 - Family background:
- Fact 8 - Childhood and education:
Shostakovich was taught to play the piano by his mother and
received his education at Petrograd Conservatory where his
teachers included Leonid Nikolayev, Aleksandr Glazunov and
Maksimilian Steinberg
- Fact 9 - Shostakovich was
recognised as a child prodigy as both a composer and pianist
- Fact 10 - Shostakovich embarked on
a career as a composer and pianist
- Fact 11 - Shostakovich married Nina
Varzar in 1932. She died in 1954. He married Margarita Kainova
in 1956 but the marriage ended in divorce. His third wife was
married Irina Supinskaya
- Fact 12 - Shostakovich was
influenced by composers such as
Tchaikovsky and
Bartok
- Fact 13 - His music was officially
denounced twice in Russia in 1936 and 1948 when most of his
works were banned - it is widely believed that this was
initiated by Stalin
- Fact 14 - Russia in 1936 was the
beginning of the 'Great Terror' when many of the friends and
relatives of Shostakovich were imprisoned or killed
- Fact 15 - Cause of Death: His
health was a problem and was diagnosed with polio. He the
suffered a series of heart attacks and eventually died from
heart failure
- Fact 16 - Date of Death:
Shostakovich died August 9, 1975 in Moscow, Russia
- Fact 17: Shostakovich wrote symphonies, string quartets,
concertos, opera and chamber music
- Fact 18 - His music lives on and
the musical works of Shostakovich include Lady Macbeth of the
Mtsensk District and the following:
- Symphony No. 1
The Nose
The Golden Age
Bolt
Symphony No. 5
Symphony No. 7
Symphony No. 8
Piano Trio
Violin Concerto No. 1
String Quartet No. 4
Quartet No. 5
The Godfly
The Cherry Trees Estate
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