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The friendship of Shostakovich cast a brilliant light over my whole life and whose spiritual qualities captured my soul once and for all time.
Galina Vishnevskaya
Now I want to use money in a good way. I make foundations back home in Russia, I have sponsored vaccinations for more than one million children in my homeland and I have founded scholarships in the names of my great Russian compatriots - Oistrakh, Richter, Gilels, Shostakovich, Prokofiev and Schnittke.
Mstislav Rostropovich
When I was 20, Shostakovich was my favorite composer. I still find his Fifth Symphony wonderful, with its outstanding themes and rhythms. That's the piece that made me want to be a classical composer.
Dave Brubeck
Neuhaus was sitting next to him at a performance...that was being badly conducted by Alexander Gauk. Neuhaus leaned over to whisper in Shostakovich's ear: "Dmitry Dmitrievich, this is awful.” Whereupon Shostakovich turned to Neuhaus: "You're right, Heinrich Gustavovich! It's splendid! Quite remarkable!” Realising that he'd been misunderstood, Neuhaus repeated his earlier remark: "Yes,” muttered Shostakovich, "it's awful, quite awful.” That was Shostakovich to the life.
Dmitri Shostakovich