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Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich (1906-1975)Beethoven of XXth Century.
Feel free to use if you like it.
Just let me know please!
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Am I alone in believing that his worried, menacing glare is beyond adorable? Anyway, being under a dictator's thumb sure does produce great music. This is a lovely stamp and I will use it whenever time allows!
p.s- playing his 5th and 10th symphonies were two of the greatest experiences of my life!
Please excuse my rambling. I could've said a lot more.
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No, you're not alone to think that.
Well, being under a dictator's thumb does produce great music... when you are a genius like Shostakovich!
Which instrument do you play? In which orchestra? I can understand that playing those works are great experiences. Do you know I'm a conductor and it is one of my dreams to conduct one day a Symphony by Shostakovich... And Mahler, too.
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I played them on oboe in my youth orchestra. And I think it is probably every conductor's dream to lead Mahler symphony (or Shostakovich, Mahler's Russian counterpart). I think the reason playing them is so great is that I am an overly passionate person and both Mahler's and Shostakovich's works have such rich emotion and history behind them (I am also a musicology dweeb) that it gives me the chance to transfer my deepest emotions as a human and as a musician into the pain of the soviet people.
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I deeply agree with you and I feel very close to what you say.
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Definitely, DEFINITELY one of the best composers to have ever lived. 
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I agree!...
Thanks a lot for the
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Classic Jazz Suites - Waltz 2 still brings a tear to my eyes.
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Piano concerto No. 2 2nd movement = bliss
Rehearsing it at the moment
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YESYESYES! You don't know how happy finding this made me! I'll be using it now if you don't mind.
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I'm happy that you're happy.
Just use it as you want.
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I played his 5th symphony earlier this year. It was mind-blowing!
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Wow... Lucky you! I'm just dreaming of conducting this work.
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Yeah I played it in a youth orchestra. It was really difficult, and learning some of the parts was really frustrating but afterwards I felt so accomplished!
are you a conductor?
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Yes I am a conductor and I conduct a youth orchestra here in France, near Paris.
What instrument do you play?
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oh cool! I was in a youth orchestra for 7 years up until I graduated high school, and now I'm in my university's symphony orchestra
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That's great! You're very lucky. I wish you all the best.
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;A; Thank you SO much for this stamp. Shostakovich is love.
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Eee. <3 Currently playing his 8th string quartet.
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Lucky you! Which instrument do you play, violin, viola or cello?
This is such a great, impressive, moving work. Do you know he composed it in only 3 days? That's amazing.
Thank you for using this stamp. I'm so glad.
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Three days? Wow, I didn't know that. I knew the dedication, who it was written for, but not that. That's pretty amazing, thanks.
I play violin. Second violin, to be exact. I've played the first part through, but our first violin does it so much better. She's quite the strong leader, has a lot of enthusiasm and intensity. We're both kinda intense and wild (when fitting, of course), but our violist and cellist are a lot more laid back. So this piece was a good way to crank them up a notch.
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Great! I wish you a good work and a good performance. Will you perform it in public?
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Thank you! We've performed it once in recital, and in competition. We're going to the provincial round (we live in Canada) of competitions on June 6, actually, to compete. Going to be playing the first and second movement of the Shostakovitch 8th string quartet, and the first movement of Mendelssohn's second string quartet.
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I'm crossing my fingers for you!
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Btw - picture of the quartet: [link]
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Oh, thank you!
I'm sure you will find another cellist. I hope so.
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I hope so too, but it's quite unlikely. He's about the only cellist around our age in the area who plays at our level, most of the others are at a notably lower level. So it's most likely that quartet will break up, and the violins (our violist plays violin too) will form duets or a trio. And I'll probably play another couple violin sonatas with our violist, like I did this year, as I play piano too.
Not quite the same as quartet, but at least it'll be something.
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Thanks for making this stamp! I hope you don't mind me using it.
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On the contrary! I'm very glad. Thank you.
If you like Shostakovich, I found recently some great videos about him, where we can see him during rehearsals of his opera "The Nose" and hear him talking to his son Maxim:
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Really extremely moving!
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Those videos are wonderful! However did I miss them on youtube? What a great find!
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I found them a few days ago by chance...
I was so moved by watching them!
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Oh, wow, I'm glad I clicked on this now. 
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