Dmitri Shostakovich

Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich Russian pronunciation: [ˈdmʲitrʲɪj ˈdmʲitrʲɪɪvʲɪt͡ɕ ʂəstɐˈkovʲɪt͡ɕ] (Russian: Дмитрий Дмитриевич Шостакович; 25 September 1906 – 9 August 1975) was a Soviet Russian composer and pianist and was one of the most celebrated composers of the 20th century. Shostakovich achieved fame in the Soviet Union under the patronage of Leon Trotsky's chief of staff Mikhail Tukhachevsky, but later had a complex and difficult relat... More

Date of birth:

  • Sep 26, 1906

Date of death:

  • Aug 9, 1975 (age 68 years)

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  • Дмитрий Дмитриевич Шостакович,
  • Shostakovich,
  • Shostakovitch,
  • Dmitry Shostakovich,
  • Schostakowitsch,
  • Dimitri Chostakovitch,
  • Dmitrij Dmitrievič Šostakovič,
  • Sjostakokovitj,
  • Dimitri Shostakovitch,
  • Chostakovitch,
  • Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich,
  • Dmitri Chostakovitch,
  • Shotakovich,
  • Dimitri Chostakovich,
  • Dimitri Schostakovsch,
  • D. Shostakovich,
  • Dmitri Shostackovich,
  • Dimitri Dimitriyevich Shostakovich,
  • Дмитрий Шостакович,
  • D. Schostakowitsch,
  • Dimitri Shostakovich,
  • Dimitri Schostakowitsch,
  • Dimitri Shostakovitsh,
  • Dmitri Shostakovitch,
  • Shostakovich, Dmitry,
  • Shastakovich,
  • Schostakovich,
  • 드미트리 쇼스타코비치,
  • Dmitry Dmitriyevich Shostakovich,
  • dmitri_shostakovich,
  • Dmitri Shostakovich,
  • Di,
  • Chostakovitch, Dimitri
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