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Simon Trpčeski, Eliahu Inbal and the Singapore Symphony Orchestra © Singapore Symphony Orchestra | Clive Choo

Eliahu Inbal enlivens the Singapore Symphony in Shostakovich and Rachmaninov

By Chang Tou Liang, 28 March 2026

The nonagenarian conductor enlivens Singapore's Esplanade Concert Hall with masterly readings of Shostakovich and Rachmaninov

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Singapore

28 Mar 2026

Eliahu Inbal enlivens the Singapore Symphony

By Chang Tou Liang

New York City

The Cleveland Orchestra brings symphonic extremes to Carnegie Hall

By Sam Jacobson, 21 January 2026

Following a polished account of Mozart’s Jupiter Symphony, Shostakovich’s Eleventh erupted with visceral force, as Franz Welser-Möst led The Cleveland Orchestra in a performance of gripping intensity.

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New York City

21 Jan 2026

The Cleveland Orchestra at Carnegie Hall: symphonic extremes

By Sam Jacobson

Cleveland

An uneven symphonic pairing from Franz Welser-Möst in Cleveland

By Frank Kuznik, 10 January 2026

Mozart and Shostakovich make an uncomfortable fit in a program designed to highlight their differences.

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Cleveland

10 Jan 2026

An uneven symphonic pairing from Franz Welser-Möst in Cleveland

By Frank Kuznik

Thomas Søndergård conducts the Royal Scottish National Orchestra © Clara Cowen

Edinburgh

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

06 Jun 2025

Epic Shostakovich rounds off the Royal Scottish National season

By David Smythe

Andris Nelsons conducts the Boston Symphony in Carnegie Hall © Chris Lee

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

24 Apr 2025

Splendid Shostakovich from Yo-Yo Ma and the Boston Symphony

By Susan Stempleski

Jakub Hrůša conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra © BBC | Sarah Louise Bennett

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

31 Jan 2025

Haunting Shostakovich 11 from Hrůša and the BBCSO

By Roy Westbrook

Klaus Mäkelä © Mathias Benguigui / Pasco and co

Paris

The Orchestre de Paris and Klaus Mäkelä get to the essence of Shostakovich’s Eleventh

By Alain Lompech, 06 March 2024

An historic moment at the Philharmonie de Paris, with a conductor and ensemble in perfect harmony in a work that is difficult because it is so heavily linked to the sound of its era.

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Paris

06 Mar 2024

Mäkelä gets to the essence of Shostakovich's Eleventh

By Alain Lompech

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

19 Oct 2023

Vasily Petrenko returns to Liverpool for a spectacular Russian evening

By Leighton Jones

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

17 Jun 2023

BBC Scottish and RCS in fruitful partnership in epic Shostakovich 11

By David Smythe

Semyon Bychkov conducts the Czech Philharmonic © Petr Kadlec

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

05 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

05 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

11 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

04 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

20 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

10 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

29 Sep 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

06 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

29 Mar 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

02 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

29 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

05 Oct 2012

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

By Alan Coady

Jakub Hrůša dirigiert die Bamberger Symphoniker © BR | Astrid Ackermann

Munich

Flammendes Freiheitsbekenntnis: die Bamberger Symphoniker in München

By Michael Vieth, 19 May 2025

Überzeugende Werkauswahl und unbändige Musikalität von Solistin und Orchester faszinierten in der ausverkauften Isarphilharmonie die Hörer

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Munich

19 May 2025

Flammendes Freiheitsbekenntnis: die Bamberger Symphoniker in München

By Michael Vieth

Hamburg

Mitreißender Schostakowitsch von Semyon Bychkov und der Tschechischen Philharmonie

By Stefan Pillhofer, 23 October 2022

Der Elften Symphonie Schostakowitschs in der Elbphilharmonie Schumanns Klavierkonzert a-Moll gegenüberzustellen, war von den Beteiligten eine wunderbare Idee.

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Hamburg

23 Oct 2022

Mitreißender Schostakowitsch von der Tschechischen Philharmonie

By Stefan Pillhofer

Gautier Capuçon, Semyon Bychkov et le Czech Philharmonic à Bozar © Petr Kadlec

Brussels

Gautier Capuçon et le Czech Philharmonic à Bozar : Haydn pétillant, Chostakovitch accablant

By Patrice Lieberman, 21 October 2022

Le violoncelliste français propose une interprétation admirable du concerto de Haydn au côté d'une formation praguoise très bien menée par Semyon Bychkov.

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Brussels

21 Oct 2022

Gautier Capuçon et le Czech Philharmonic à Bozar

By Patrice Lieberman

Paris

Evgeny Kissin en tambour-major sous les projecteurs de la Philharmonie

By Alain Lompech, 18 September 2019

Étrange sensation que produit Evgeny Kissin, géant de l'art pianistique mais interprète sans fièvre et sans élans du Concerto n° 2 de Liszt, avec Robert Trevino et l'Orchestre de Paris.

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Paris

18 Sep 2019

Evgeny Kissin en tambour-major sous les projecteurs de la Philharmonie

By Alain Lompech

Paris

Le théâtre des Dissonances : hommages et chants révolutionnaires

By Manuel Gaulhiac, 09 April 2019

Porté par le violoniste David Grimal, l'ensemble Les Dissonances revient à la Philharmonie dans un programme de haute volée, avec un Stravinsky pétulant et un Chostakovich massif.

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Paris

09 Apr 2019

Le théâtre des Dissonances : hommages et chants révolutionnaires

By Manuel Gaulhiac

Rotterdam

Mutig mitreißend: Dima Slobodeniouk dirigiert Esa-Pekka Salonen in Rotterdam

By Michael Klier, 14 December 2018

Bemerkenswerte Hörerlebnisse in Rotterdam: Nicolas Altstaedt macht das Cellokonzert von Salonen zu einem fast virtuellen Erlebnis.

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Rotterdam

14 Dec 2018

Mutig mitreißend: Slobodeniouk dirigiert Salonen in Rotterdam

By Michael Klier

La Coruña

Kopatchinskaja y Slobodeniouk inauguran con corazón y alma la temporada de la OSG

By Pablo Sánchez Quinteiro, 06 October 2018

La Sinfónica de Galicia abrió su nueva temporada en la compañía de la violinista Patricia Kopatchinskaja que presentó el infrecuente Concierto op.36 de Arnold Schönberg, completó el programa otra impactante obra, la Sinfonía núm. 11 de Shostakovich.

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La Coruña

06 Oct 2018

La Sinfónica de Galicia abre su temporada con corazón y alma

By Pablo Sánchez Quinteiro

Bilbao

Un revuelto sensacional: Achúcarro interpreta Ravel junto a la OSE

By Josu Bengoa Barrena, 04 November 2017

La Orquesta Sinfónica de Euskadi, bajo el título Revuelto ruso, ofreció un agradable revuelto de sensaciones, desde la emoción a flor de piel en la primera parte a cargo de Joaquín Achúcarro, hasta la montaña rusa sonora de Shostakovich con la que se puso punto y final al concierto.

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Bilbao

04 Nov 2017

Un revuelto sensacional en el Palacio Euskalduna

By Josu Bengoa Barrena