http://www.neoclassic.com Neo Classical Sat, 12 Mar 2011 03:19:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://www.neoclassic.com/neoclassical-music-composers-dmitri-shostakovich.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=neoclassical-music-composers-dmitri-shostakovich http://www.neoclassic.com/neoclassical-music-composers-dmitri-shostakovich.html#comments Wed, 15 Jul 2009 06:06:10 +0000 Neo http://www.neoclassic.com/?p=390 The acclaimed Russian composer, Dmitri Shostakovich , was born in St. Petersburg (Leningrad) in 1906. He was born into a musical family and was taught to play the piano by his mother – herself a well reputed piano teacher – from a very early age. He was sent to music school at the age [...]]]> http://www.neoclassic.com/neoclassical-music-composers-dmitri-shostakovich.html/feed 0