When I was 20, Shostakovich was my favorite composer. I still find his Fifth Symphony wonderful, with its outstanding themes and rhythms.… — Dave Brubeck Copy Share Image
I planted some jokes in my wedding. Like, the organizers asked me to select music. So when I approached wife at the… — Slavoj Žižek Copy Share Image
I love Gustavo Dudamel and I love what he does for classical music, and I love what he comes out of, El… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
Many consider that Shostakovich is the greatest 20th-century composer. In his 15 symphonies, 15 quartets, and in other works he demonstrated mastery… — Dmitri Shostakovich Copy Share Image
Now I want to use money in a good way. I make foundations back home in Russia, I have sponsored vaccinations for… — Mstislav Rostropovich Copy Share Image
Brancusi has his medium: Picasso, Faulkner, Shostakovich, theirs. Mine happens to be cloth. — Charles James Copy Share Image
The friendship of Shostakovich cast a brilliant light over my whole life and whose spiritual qualities captured my soul once and for… — Galina Vishnevskaya Copy Share Image
Poor Dimitri Shostakovich: In the Soviet Union, he was condemned as being too radical; in the West, for being too conservative. He… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
The critics say that Shostakovich's Fourth Symphony has no form. They are wrong; it has the form of Shostakovich's Fourth Symphony. — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
