On November 14, the Tver Academic Philharmonic Hall will host the premiere of a concert program celebrating the 120th anniversary of Dmitri Shostakovich's birth. The evening will be dedicated to the composer's work.
The Philharmonic's symphony orchestra, conducted by chief conductor Evgeny Afanasiev, will take the stage. The first part will feature the Festive Overture, which Shostakovich wrote in three days in 1954, filling in for an ailing colleague. Then, Honored Artist of Russia Oleg Vainshtein will perform the First Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, created in 1933.
In the second part, the orchestra will perform Shostakovich's First Symphony. The composer wrote it at the age of 19 as his graduation work from the Leningrad Conservatory. The symphony's premiere brought the young author worldwide fame.
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