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Shostakovich and his World

Shostakovich and his World
Shostakovich and his World
Date and time
10 - 14 Nov 2025 1pm - 7pm
Location

Recital Hall, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire

200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR

Price

1pm concerts free
All other events £8 (£6)
Booking required for all events

Booking Information

Wheelchair users are entitled to concessionary priced tickets with a complimentary companion seat.

Assistance dogs are welcome at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire venues. If you wish to bring an assistance dog or wheelchair, please let the Events Office know by calling 0121 331 5909.

Shostakovich and his World

Shostakovich and His World

50 years after his death, join us for a week-long exploration of the chamber music of Dmitri Shostakovich as well as composers who were influenced by his music.

Through daily lunchtime and rush hour concerts, RBC students and staff will perform music by Shostakovich as well as Alfred Schnittke, Sofia Gubaidulina, Mieczysław Weinberg, Galina Ustvolskaya, Boris Tishchenko, and Benjamin Britten.

Mon 10 Nov

1.05pm - free-

Shostakovich Piano Trio No.1
Keelan Carew 辱Դ
Tiago Soares Silva DZ
Honge Zhao

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Nathaniel Valloisviolin
Kalu Ramirezviolin
Keith Bray viola
Aidan Hopkins

ShostakovichSuite for two pianos
Ella Cordon Vieito piano
Clara-Maria Schina piano

Shostakovich Octets - Prelude
Tiago Silva, Tehya Dawson, Weiyi Ren, Zihao Liang violins
Rose Redgrave, Peiyu Li violas
Nick Stringfellow, Matthew le Maistre cellos

Wed 12 Nov

1.05pm - Free -

Britten Simple Symphony
Fibonacci Quartet + RBC Students

Shostakovich Quartet No.1
Kyra Humphreysviolin
Wanmeng Xu violin
Carmen Flores viola
Liling Wang cello

Tischenko Quartet No.2 - 1st mvt
Kai Zhangviolin
Kalu Ramirez violin
Carmen Flores viola
Nick Stringfellow cello

5pm -£8 (£6 - under 16, over 60) -

Schnittke Canon in Memoriam of Stravinsky
Kyra Humphreysviolin
Milan Jacobs violin
Carmen Flores viola
Tyler Wood

Britten Fantasy Quartet
Luke Cutleroboe
Kyra Humphreys DZ
Carmen Flores viola
Yujie Liang

Shostakovich Concertino

Shostakovich Fantastic Dances

Schnittke 5 Aphorisms for piano
Max Walsh (1)
Luke Pender (2)
Toby Holt (3)
Aurora Yu Chin Chan (4)
Lai Kiu Scarlett Lung (5)

Thu 13 Nov

1.05pm - Free -

Shostakovich Quartet No.4
RBC Students with Kyra Humphreys & Alan George

Galina Ustvolskaya Composition No.1 ‘Dona Nobis Pacem’
Tom Stevenson tuba

Britten Folk Song Arrangements
Evelyn Byford soprano
Faye Hollingworth guitar

Shostakovich Quartet No.11
Yuri Yaguchiviolin
Megan Wilkinson violin
Alan George viola
Tim Smedley

2.30pm- £8 (£6 - under 16, over 60)-
Alan George masterclass on Shostakovich Quartet No.13

LANO Quartet

Alan George is a founding member of the Fitzwilliam Quartet, through which he met and collaborated with Dmitri Shostakovich. The Fitzwilliam Quartet gave the Western premieres of the last three of Shostakovich’s quartets, with the composer present for the premiere of the 13th quartet in 1972. They later became the first quartet to perform and record all fifteen quartets.

5pm -£8 (£6 - under 16, over 60) -

Shostakovich Piano Quintet
Joachim Lim 辱Դ
Oliver Heathviolin
Tiago Silva violin
Erin Vinter viola
JIaowen Liu

Shostakovich Quartet No.7
Oliver Heathviolin
Jemima Soper violin
Erin Vinter viola
Honge Zhao

Fri 14 Nov

1.05pm - Free -

Schnittke Piano Quintet
Julian Jacobson 辱Դ
Roman Mintsviolin
Kai Zhangviolin
Sheng Zhang viola
Jake Ryan

Gabaidulina Lamento
Ini Kuti tuba
Haoen Li 辱Դ

Gabaidulina Lied ohne Worte
Matt Osborne trumpet
Haoen Li 辱Դ

Shostakovich Quartet No.13
LANO Quartet
Shuwei Zuoviolin
Qiujia Du violin
Jinhe Huang viola
Gen Li

Forthcoming events in Shostakovich and his World

Forthcoming dates will be announced soon.