Galina Dmitrievna Shostakovich (russian: Галина Дмитриевна Шостакович; born in

Leningrad Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

on 30 May 1936) is a Russian trained pianist and biologist.

Early life

She is the sister of

Maxim Shostakovich Maxim Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (russian: Макси́м Дми́триевич Шостако́вич; born 10 May 1938 in Leningrad) is a Soviet, Russian and American conductor and pianist. He is the second child of the composer Dmitri Shostak ...

(b. 1938) and the first child of

Dmitri Shostakovich Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich, , group=n (9 August 1975) was a Soviet-era Russian composer and pianist who became internationally known after the premiere of his Symphony No. 1 (Shostakovich), First Symphony in 1926 and was regarded throug ...

and physicist Nina Vasilyevna Varzar, who married on 19 May 1933. She received early training on the piano from her father. She is the dedicatee of his ''

Children's Notebook ''Children's Notebook'' (russian: Детская тетрадь, Detskaya tetrad), also known as ''A Child's Exercise Book'', Op. 69 is a suite for piano composed by Dmitri Shostakovich. Although precise dating is uncertain, it is believed t ...

'', Op. 69, which was composed for her ninth birthday on 30 May 1945. She wanted to become a ballerina. She learned several languages. At age 11 her French already was as good as her Russian. She started studying composition with her father at an early age. Soon after the death of her mother Nina Vasilyevna Varzar (born in 1909) on 4 December 1954, Galina Shostakovich enrolled in Biology at the

Moscow University M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU; russian: Московский государственный университет имени М. В. Ломоносова) is a public research university in Moscow, Russia and the most prestigious ...

where she graduated in 1959. In 1959 she married Yevgeniy Borisovich Chukovsky (1937–1997), a cinematographer and cameraman. He was the grandson of author and children's poet

Korney Chukovsky Korney Ivanovich Chukovsky ( rus, Корне́й Ива́нович Чуко́вский, p=kɐrˈnʲej ɪˈvanəvʲɪtɕ tɕʊˈkofskʲɪj, a=Kornyey Ivanovich Chukovskiy.ru.vorb.oga; 31 March NS 1882 – 28 October 1969) was one of the most p ...

and nephew of Lidiya Chukovskaya. In a letter to his daughter on 6 August 1958, her father told her: "...Time goes by. And love in life - this is the most important thing. Besides this, it is very serious and responsible. There should always be a harmonious combination of the senses and the intellect. I really want to see your life was good, so that you are always healthy and happy. Kiss you. Dad." Her first son Andrei was born in August 1960 and her second son Nikolai in January 1962.

Career

She appears as herself in the documentary from 1997 ''The War Symphonies: Shostakovich Against Stalin'' by Larry Weinstein released on 10 May 2003.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shostakovich, Galina 1936 births Living people Russian classical pianists Russian women pianists Musicians from Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg Conservatory alumni 21st-century classical pianists 21st-century women pianists