Solomon Volkov

Ninety years after the Russian Revolution, our panel of guests reflects on communism's impact on the arts. Solomon Volkov, a musicologist and author of several books about Shostakovich, talks about how Soviet Russia fueled the struggle faced by Shostakovich and his contemporaries. Bright Sheng, a Chinese-born, American-based composer, recalls the ...

Ninety years after the Russian Revolution, our panel of guests looks back at communism's impact on the arts: Solomon Volkov, the musicologist and author of several books about Shostakovich, talks about how Soviet Russia fueled the struggle faced by Shostakovich and his contemporaries; Bright Sheng, a Chinese-born, American-based composer talks ...