Dmitri Shostakovich in St. Petersburg - in the beginning of the 1900's

from Testimony- The memoirs of Shostakovich, as related to & edited by Solomon Volkov, page 2:

I had not expressed a desire to study music before I began taking lessons, although I had some interest in music and listened ear to the wall when a quartet met at the neighbours’.
cite as

Dmitri Shostakovich, and Soloman Volkov (ed.), Testimony- The memoirs of Shostakovich, as related to & edited by Solomon Volkov (London, 1979), p. 2. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1427752131988 accessed: 14 December, 2024

location of experience: St. Petersburg

Listeners

Dmitri Shostakovich
Composer, Pianist
1906-1975

Experience Information

Date/Time in the beginning of the 1900's
Medium live
Listening Environment in private, indoors

Originally submitted by verafonte on Mon, 30 Mar 2015 22:48:52 +0100
Approved on Wed, 18 Nov 2015 12:19:57 +0000