Karl Eliasberg
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Karl Ilitch Eliasberg was a Soviet conductor, best known for conducting the Leningrad première of Shostakovich's Symphony No. 7 during the Siege of Leningrad in 1942.
The grave of Karl Eliasberg and of his wife Nadezhda Bronnikova in Saint Petersburg
Dmitri Shostakovich
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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
Shostakovich in 1942
Birthplace of Shostakovich (now School No. 267). Commemorative plaque at left.
Shostakovich in 1925
Production of Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk by Helikon Opera in 2014