Quo Fuit places 9 dated presences for Dmitri Shostakovich across 7 places, from 1937 to 1975.
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Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (9 August 1975) was a Soviet-era Russian composer and pianist who became internationally known after the premiere of his First Symphony in 1926 and thereafter was regarded as a major composer.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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September 1937month
Leningradattested“In September 1937, he began to teach composition at the Leningrad Conservatory, which provided some financial security.”source: Wikipedia: Dmitri Shostakovich
September 1937month
Leningrad Conservatoryattested“In September 1937, he began to teach composition at the Leningrad Conservatory, which provided some financial security.”source: Wikipedia: Dmitri Shostakovich
1943year
Moscowattested“The Shostakovich family moved to Moscow in spring 1943, by which time the Red Army was on the offensive.”source: Wikipedia: Dmitri Shostakovich
1949year
New York Cityattested“The restrictions on Shostakovich's music and living arrangements were eased in 1949, when Stalin decided that the Soviets needed to send artistic representatives to the Cultural and Scientific Congress for World Peace in New York City, a…”source: Wikipedia: Dmitri Shostakovich
1949year
New Yorkattested“The restrictions on Shostakovich's music and living arrangements were eased in 1949, when Stalin decided that the Soviets needed to send artistic representatives to the Cultural and Scientific Congress for World Peace in New York City, a…”source: Wikipedia: Dmitri Shostakovich
1959 to 2004period
Moscowattested“(His "Theme from the film Pirogov, Opus 76a: Finale" was played as the cauldron was lit at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.) In 1959, Shostakovich appeared on stage in Moscow at the end of a concert performance of his Fifth Sy…”source: Wikipedia: Dmitri Shostakovich
1959 to 2004period
Athensattested“(His "Theme from the film Pirogov, Opus 76a: Finale" was played as the cauldron was lit at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.) In 1959, Shostakovich appeared on stage in Moscow at the end of a concert performance of his Fifth Sy…”source: Wikipedia: Dmitri Shostakovich
9 August 1975exact date
Moscowattested“Shostakovich died on 9 August 1975 at the Moscow Central Clinical Hospital.”source: Wikipedia: Dmitri Shostakovich
9 August 1975exact date
Moscow Central Clinical Hospitalattested“Shostakovich died on 9 August 1975 at the Moscow Central Clinical Hospital.”source: Wikipedia: Dmitri Shostakovich
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1919year
Petrograd Conservatorymentioned“In 1919, at age 13, Shostakovich was admitted to the Petrograd Conservatory, then headed by Alexander Glazunov, who monitored his progress closely and promoted him.”source: Wikipedia: Dmitri Shostakovich
20 March 1925exact date
Moscowmentioned“On 20 March 1925, Shostakovich's music was played in Moscow for the first time, in a program that also included works by his friend Vissarion Shebalin.”source: Wikipedia: Dmitri Shostakovich
1927year
Warsawmentioned“Along with Yuri Bryushkov, Grigory Ginzburg, Lev Oborin, and Josif Shvarts, he was among the Soviet contestants in the inaugural I International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw in 1927.”source: Wikipedia: Dmitri Shostakovich
12 June 1937exact date
Karagandamentioned“These included Tukhachevsky, executed 12 June 1937; his brother-in-law Vsevolod Frederiks, who was eventually released but died before he returned home; his close friend Nikolai Zhilyayev, a musicologist who had taught Tukhachevsky, was…”source: Wikipedia: Dmitri Shostakovich
1941year
Leningradmentioned“After the outbreak of war between the Soviet Union and Germany in 1941, Shostakovich initially remained in Leningrad.”source: Wikipedia: Dmitri Shostakovich
29 March 1942exact date
Londonmentioned“The symphony was premiered by the Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra in Kuibyshev on 29 March 1942 and soon performed in London (June 1942) and the United States (July 1942), where several conductors vied to conduct its first American performance.”source: Wikipedia: Dmitri Shostakovich
August 1942month
Leningradmentioned“It was performed in Leningrad in August 1942, while the city was still under siege.”source: Wikipedia: Dmitri Shostakovich
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