Quick Facts About Dmitri Shostakovich
- Born
- September 25, 1906
- Died
- August 9, 1975
- Nationality
- Russian Empire
- Profession
- Classical Composer
- Notable works
- Shostakovich
- Known for
- Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District, Symphony No. 1, Symphony No. 10, The Nose, Piano Concerto No. 2
- Spouse
- Nina Varzar
About Dmitri Shostakovich
Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich was a Soviet-era Russian composer and pianist who became internationally known after the premiere of his First Symphony in 1926 and thereafter was regarded as a major composer.
Biography source:
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Awards & Honors
People's Artist of the RSFSR
Lenin Prize
Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria
Order of Lenin
Hero of Socialist Labour
Austrian Decoration for Science and Art
People's Artist of the USSR
Order of the Red Banner of Labour
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Star of People's Friendship
Medal "Veteran of Labour"
Order of Friendship of Peoples
Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
Order of the October Revolution
USSR State Prize
Medal "For the Defence of Leningrad"
Léonie Sonning Music Prize
World Peace Council prizes
Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"
Jubilee Medal Medal "In Commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of Leningrad"
"Hammer and Sickle" gold medal
Stalin Prize
Shevchenko National Prize
Wihuri Sibelius Prize
Glinka State Prize of the RSFSR
People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR
People's Artist of the Republic of Bashkortostan
Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Great Silver Medal of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria
Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal
State Stalin Prize, 1st degree
Stalin Prize, 2nd degree
