Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich (1906-1975)

London
Goldsmiths University of London
Symposium

Ian Gulland Lecture Theatre

Tuesday 26 September 2006

History, Politics & Style

Marina Frolova-Walker, Shostakovich's neoclassicism Laurent Slaars, Against Soviet anti-Semitism Elena Dubinets, Shostakovich through émigré eyes

Film and Theatre (chair: Kristian Hibberd)

Gregg Render, Two film composers' responses to Stalin John Riley, Shostakovich and Stalin at the movies Guiseppe Montemagno, Carla Fracci's Hamlet

History, Politics & Style (chair: Elena Dubinets)

Constance Dee, The Seventh Symphony in WW II Britain (Michael Mishra) Michael Mishra, Stephan Razin, Babi Yar and 'style russe' Yulia Kreinin, Shostakovich and Lutoslawski

Book Presentation (chair: Alexander Ivashkin)

Olga Dombrovkaya, Pages of Shostakovich's life in photographs

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Council Chamber
Deptford Town Hall

Wednesday 27 September 2006

Life & Documents (chair: Miranda Wilson)

Olga Dombrovskaya, Mysteries of the Ninth Quartet Olga Digonskaya, Unkonwn Shostakovich manuscripts Anna Fortunova, Shostakovich the conductor Alexander Ivashkin, Shostakovich, minimalists and old believers

Genres & Aeshetics (chair: Elizabeth Wilson)

Ivan Sokolov, The riddle of the Viola Sonata William Quillen, Shostakovich's late 'simfonizm' Miranda Wilson, Quotation in the Second Cello Concerto

Theory & Analysis (chair: Laurent Slaars)

Mike Rofe, Structural similarity of the Fourth and Fifth Symphonies Simon Desbrusiais, Fugal perspectives Anatole Leikin, Cyclical features in the 24 Preludes Op. 34

Theory & Analysis (chair: John Riley)

Richard von Foerster, DSCH in the Eigth Quartet David Castro, Shostakovich's sonata forms Kristian Hibberd, Narrative Structure in the 15th Quartet: A Chronotopic Interpretation

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