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The Shostakovich Question

David Fanning
Thursday, September 24, 2015

An isolated figure, working under one of the 20th century's most terrifying dictatorships, his music is emotional, controversial, misunderstood – and a guaranteed hall-filler. David Fanning asks: why are we obsessed with Shostakovich?

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