Shostakovich's Second Piano Concerto turned 60 last year. The age matters, because it's often described as the last piano concerto to have entered the general orchestral repertoire. Shostakovich wrote ...

For me, the two piano concertos are not the most important music by Shostakovich. Those would probably be some of the quartets and Symphony No 14 – and even they are less important than the Second ...

(24) Preludes Okko Kamu, Conductor Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Andrei Korobeinikov, Piano Lahti Symphony Orchestra Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 Lahti Symphony Orchestra Dmitri Shostakovich ...

Sometimes one goes to the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the program is impeccably crafted start to finish, with each piece clearly placed in relation to the others. At other times, it feels more like ...

Shostakovich's Second Piano Concerto was written for his son Maxim's nineteenth birthday. The work was written to be accesible for developing young pianists, and consequently Maxim premiered the work ...

The crowd erupts in applause. Instantly, thousands are standing, clapping, whistling, and shouting “bravo.” Pianist Yuja Wang — a four-time Grammy Award nominee and recipient of the 2019 Gramophone ...