Benjamin Britten's Rejoice in the Lamb pays this composer direct homage. His Festive Overture and Theme from Pirogov have both been used at Olympic op
Benjamin Britten's Rejoice in the Lamb pays this composer direct homage. His Festive Overture and Theme from Pirogov have both been used at Olympic opening ceremonies.  His Second Piano Trio is dedicated to mentor Ivan Sollertinsky, his Fifth Symphony was a conservative reaction to his 1936 denunciation as "formalist", and his Thirteenth Symphony was subtitled Babi Yar. For ten points, who was this Soviet composer of the Leningrad Symphony and Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District?
Benjamin Britten's Rejoice in the Lamb pays this composer direct homage.
Dmitri Dmitriyevich {Shostakovich}