Shostakovich 100

2006 is the centenary of the birth of the great Russian composer, Shostakovich; not many people know that. As always in life, it's all about timing and if your going to be a great composer, best not to time your birth to coincide with Mozart's 150th because just when the world should be celebrating your centenary, they have the distraction of Mozart's 250th!

However, Austin is making sure that the event is celebrated with a year long festival devoted to his works.

Dmitrij Dmitrievich Shostakovich was born in St. Petersburg, Russia on September 25, 1906.

Jeanne Claire van Ryzin has written a nice article about Shostakovich and the Shostakovich 100 festival.