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Epic Shostakovich rounds off the Royal Scottish National Orchestra season

By David Smythe, 06 June 2025

Thomas Søndergård conducts thrilling Shostakovich to close to the RSNO Season: lively Festive Overture, introspective Second Cello Concerto with Daniel Müller-Schott, and an epic Eleventh Symphony.

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Edinburgh

08 Jun 2025

Epic Shostakovich rounds off the Royal Scottish National season

By David Smythe

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New York City

Splendid Shostakovich from Yo-Yo Ma and the Boston Symphony at Carnegie Hall

By Susan Stempleski, 24 April 2025

A haunting account of Shostakovich’s First Cello Concerto is paired with a vivid rendition of his Eleventh Symphony.

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New York City

27 Apr 2025

Splendid Shostakovich from Yo-Yo Ma and the Boston Symphony

By Susan Stempleski

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London

Haunting Shostakovich 11 from Hrůša and the BBCSO

By Roy Westbrook, 31 January 2025

Jakub Hrůša conducts a magnificent Shostakovich 11 and, just after the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, a work by one of the many Jewish musicians who perished there.

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London

02 Feb 2025

Haunting Shostakovich 11 from Hrůša and the BBCSO

By Roy Westbrook

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Liverpool

Vasily Petrenko returns to Liverpool for a spectacular Russian evening

By Leighton Jones, 19 October 2023

Lyadov, Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich play to Petrenko’s Russian strengths with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and 15-year old soloist, Christian Li.

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Liverpool

21 Oct 2023

Vasily Petrenko returns to Liverpool for a spectacular Russian evening

By Leighton Jones

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Glasgow

BBC Scottish and RCS in fruitful partnership in epic Shostakovich 11

By David Smythe, 17 June 2023

Martyn Brabbins and the BBC Scottish Symphony, in partnership with musicians from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, present a new work from Mingdu Li, Glière’s Horn concerto and an immense Shostakovich 11.

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Glasgow

19 Jun 2023

BBC Scottish and RCS in fruitful partnership in epic Shostakovich 11

By David Smythe

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Prague

Revolution and remembrance in Bychkov's Shostakovich at the Rudolfinum

By Frank Kuznik, 05 October 2022

After a brilliant showing by pianist Behzod Abduraimov, Semyon Bychkov leads the Czech Philarharmonic in a 65-year-old work that could not be more contemporary.

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Prague

07 Oct 2022

Revolution and remembrance in Bychkov's Shostakovich at the Rudolfinum

By Frank Kuznik

London

Memento mori: The NYOGB in Britten and Shostakovich

By Alexander Hall, 05 January 2020

Jaime Martín leads his valiant National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain players through revolutionary songs and the shadow of death in two leading 20th-century composers.

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London

06 Jan 2020

Memento mori: The NYOGB in Britten and Shostakovich

By Alexander Hall

London

Revolutionary rodomontade: Jurowski, Donohoe and the LPO

By Alexander Hall, 11 December 2019

Vladimir Jurowski and the LPO reaffirm their credentials in Shostakovich, while Peter Donohoe gives a rare performance of John Foulds' piano concerto.

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London

12 Dec 2019

Revolutionary rodomontade: Jurowski, Donohoe and the LPO

By Alexander Hall

London

Prom 22: Storgårds, the BBC Phil and the calm before a devastating storm

By Stephen Pritchard, 04 August 2019

The BBC Philharmonic on dazzling form with Rachmaninov, Shostakovich... and a bewitching new work by Outi Tarkiainen.

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London

05 Aug 2019

Prom 22: the calm before a devastating storm

By Stephen Pritchard

Berlin

Virtuosi old and new: Daniil Trifonov plays Scriabin at the Berlin Philharmonie

By Sam Johnstone, 20 June 2019

Wunderkind Russian piano virtuosi are no novelty in European concert halls. Artistic seriousness and subtle interpretive skill are a harder sell. Daniil Trifonov, a pianist with intelligent and original interpretations that belie a maturity beyond his tender years, closed his season-long residency at the Berlin Philharmonic with a performance of Scriabin's rarely performed piano concerto.

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Berlin

21 Jun 2019

Virtuosi old and new: Daniil Trifonov at the Berlin Philharmonie

By Sam Johnstone

London

Bychkov and the BBCSO matchless in Shostakovich 11

By Roy Westbrook, 10 April 2019

No one who had ever doubted the stature of the Eleventh could do so after this.

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London

12 Apr 2019

Bychkov and the BBCSO matchless in Shostakovich 11

By Roy Westbrook

Boston

A thunderstorm sang: Shostakovich and Beethoven from Andris Nelsons in Boston

By Kevin Wells, 29 September 2017

The Symphony no. 11 “The Year 1905”, receiving its BSO première, was the first of three Shostakovich symphonies to be presented in Boston this season.

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Boston

02 Oct 2017

A thunderstorm sang: Shostakovich in Boston

By Kevin Wells

London

Prom 71: Elegiac, violent, always purposeful Shostakovich from Jurowski and the LPO

By David Karlin, 06 September 2017

Alina Ibragimova plays with skill but insufficient sound to fill the Royal Albert Hall; Vladimir Jurowski and the LPO blow the roof off with Shostakovich's account of the Revolution of 1905.

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London

07 Sep 2017

Elegiac, violent, purposeful Shostakovich 11

By David Karlin

Amsterdam

Dark Prokofiev and Shostakovich from Yefim Bronfman and Andris Nelsons at the Concertgebouw

By Marc Kalf, 29 March 2017

Andris Nelsons has been a frequent visitor to the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra since 2008, often conducting the symphonies of Shostakovich.

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Amsterdam

01 Apr 2017

Dark Prokofiev and Shostakovich from Nelsons

By Marc Kalf

Oslo

The calm before the storm: Pärt, Strauss and Shostakovich with the Oslo Phil

By Jack Dhainaut, 02 March 2017

The storm prevailed under Stefan Solyom – perhaps inevitable with Shostakovich – but quieter moments in the Strauss were beautifully handled by Lise Davidsen.

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Oslo

03 Mar 2017

The calm before the storm: Pärt, Strauss and Shostakovich with the Oslo Phil

By Jack Dhainaut

London

Prom 21: Søndergård and BBC NOW play Colin Matthews, Prokofiev and Shostakovich

By Chris Garlick, 29 July 2013

The perky new conductor of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Thomas Søndergård, made his second Proms outing with an exciting programme of contrasting works which kicked off with the first UK performance of Colin Matthews’ Turning Point.First performed by the Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra in 2006, Turning Point is an eighteen-minute work of considerable technical skill.

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London

30 Jul 2013

Prom 21: Søndergård and BBC NOW play Colin Matthews, Prokofiev and Shostakovich

By Chris Garlick

Edinburgh

Peter Oundjian launches his directorship of RSNO with Glinka, Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich

By Alan Coady, 05 October 2012

If the presence of BBC Radio 3 and a huge audience occasioned any nervousness on the evening of Peter Oundjian’s first Edinburgh appearance as RSNO Music Director, it was well hidden. Weaving with boyish enthusiasm through the orchestra, a sporting spring in his step, he acknowledged the warm welcome before the orchestra dived into Glinka’s 1842 overture to Ruslan and Ludmilla.

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Edinburgh

08 Oct 2012

Peter Oundjian launches his directorship of RSNO with Glinka, Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich

By Alan Coady