Music Around: Shostakovich September 28 - October 29 2006

Shostakovich celebrated in a unique Swedish – Danish collaboration

He was without a doubt one of the twentieth century’s most important musical figures and this year would have celebrated his one hundredth birthday. The Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich will be celebrated this year all over the world – in the Öresund region both Danish and Swedish musical talent will be combined for a fantastic festival giving the opportunity to listen to amongst other pieces all of Shostakovich’s symphonies.

The programme will include all the symphonies performed by seven different symphony orchestras, five from the Öresund region as well as two guest orchestras. The festival takes place mainly in Copenhagen, Malmö and Helsingborg and also includes chamber music, concerts for children and young people, lectures and theatre.

The Danish Radio Sinfonietta contributes with this concert, performed in Swedish Kristianstad on October 21 and in Copenhagen October 22.