Dmitry Shostakovich was born on September 25, 1906, in Saint Petersburg, Russia. He is considered one of the most important composers of the 20th century. He studied music at the Petrograd School of Music before being admitted to the Leningrad Conservatory, where he studied with Nikolai Myaskovsky. In 1926, he won first prize in the International Piano Composition Competition in Geneva with his second piano concerto. He composed numerous symphonic works, chamber music, as well as music for the theater and cinema. In 1936, he was criticized in a press campaign launched by the Communist Party, which led him to compose an apologetic work, his fourth symphony. Despite this, he continued to compose in his own style. In 1938, he was expelled from the Communist Party. In 1948, he was criticized again and had to compose another apologetic work, his fifth symphony. After Stalin's death in 1953, he was rehabilitated. In 1975, he was named a member of the USSR Academy of Arts and in 1976, he received the Nobel Peace Prize. He died on August 9, 1975, in Moscow, Russia.

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