
S00E201
05 Aug 2021Shostakovich: Stalin's Composer?
World War Two – Season 0
Leningrad’s Dmitri Shostakovich has risen from a child prodigy to be one of the Soviet Union’s most celebrated composers, having rescued his career from Stalin’s interference along the way. Desperate to defend Russia after the German invasion, he fights back, not with a rifle, but with music.




















