Benjamin Zander began yesterday’s Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra concert at Symphony Hall with the Ukrainian national anthem. Ravel’s La valse, Elgar’s Cello Concerto with Zlatomir Fung, and Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5 followed.
The Russian Samovar in Manhattan became a hub for artists and writers far from home, drawing eminent regulars like Joseph Brodsky and Mikhail Baryshnikov.
(1906-1975) In the years since the dissolution of the USSR, Shostakovich s reputation in the West has fluctuated wildly: for quite a while, he was consi.