In music, a quartet is an ensemble of four singers or instrumental performers.
A string quartet in performance. From left to right - violin 1, violin 2, cello, viola
Style Quartet from Saint Petersburg: • Alexander Smertin, artistic director, bayan, • Alexander Barbolin, Prima Balalaika, • Alexey Busin, Viola Balalaika, • Evgeny Redkin, Contrabass Balalaika.
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.
Shostakovich in 1950
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