Symphony No. 12 (Shostakovich)
Symphony No. 12 in D minor, Op. 112, subtitled The Year 1917, was composed by Dmitri Shostakovich in 1961. He dedicated it to the memory of Vladimir Lenin. Although the performance on October 1, 1961, by the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Yevgeny Mravinsky was billed as the official premiere, the actual first performance took place two hours earlier that same day in Kuybyshev by the Kuybyshev State Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Abram Stasevich.
Locomotive of Lenin’s train, on which he arrived at Finland Station, Petrograd in April, 1917
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