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Dmitri Shostakovich was born in St Petersburg on 25th September, 1906, and was the son of an engineer. ... Shostakovich wrote his first symphony in 1926.Over the next few years, Shostakovich became a very well-known composer and pianist. ... Shostakovich was one of the first to be criticized for using modern elements in his works. ... After this opera there was not Russian person that defended Shostakovich and the opera was disregarded for a quarter of a century. ...
Shostakovich later became a teacher of composition in the Leningrad Conservatory in 1937, and in 1941, he composed his Seventh Symphony, "The Leningrad," in the midst of the war.
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