Maxim Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (; born 10 May 1938 in

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) is a Soviet, Russian and American conductor and pianist. He is the second child of the composer

Dmitri Shostakovich Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich, group=n (9 August 1975) 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. Shostak ...

and Nina Varzar. His older sister is

Galina Shostakovich Galina Dmitrievna Shostakovich (; born in Leningrad on 30 May 1936) is a Russian trained pianist and biologist. Early life She is the sister of Maxim Shostakovich (b. 1938) and the first child of Dmitri Shostakovich and physicist Nina Vasilye ...

. He is an Honored Artist of the RSFSR. Since 1975, he has conducted and popularised many of his father's lesser-known works. He was educated at the

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and

Conservatories, where he studied with Igor Markevitch and Otto-Werner Mueller before becoming principal conductor of the

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. During his tenure as principal conductor, he conducted the premiere of his father's Fifteenth Symphony on 8 January 1972. On 12 April 1981, he defected to

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, and later settled in the United States. After spells conducting the New Orleans Symphony Orchestra and the

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he returned to

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. In 1992, he made an acclaimed recording of the Myaskovsky Cello Concerto with

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and the

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for Philips Classics. Shostakovich is the dedicatee and first performer of his father's Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Major (Op. 102). Maxim Shostakovich has recorded a cycle of his father's 15 symphonies with the

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for the Czech label

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Personal life

He has a son, Dmitri Maximovich Shostakovich (or Dmitri Shostakovich Jr.), who is a pianist. He got married in the U.S., and had two children: Maxim and Maria.

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Interview with Maxim Shostakovich
10 July 1992

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1938 births Living people 20th-century American male musicians 20th-century Russian conductors (music) 20th-century Russian male musicians 21st-century American male musicians 21st-century Russian conductors (music) 21st-century Russian male musicians American classical pianists American male classical pianists American male conductors (music) Honored Artists of the RSFSR Moscow Conservatory alumni Musicians from Saint Petersburg Russian classical pianists Russian male conductors (music) Russian people of Belarusian descent Russian people of Polish descent Soviet classical pianists Soviet conductors (music) Soviet defectors Soviet emigrants to the United States Soviet people of Belarusian descent Soviet people of Polish descent {{Russia-classical-pianist-stub

Personal life

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