He also wrote two concertos for both David Oistrakh and Mstislav Rostropovich, and another one of his symphonies commemorates the killing of Jews in the titular location, Babi Yar.
The first movement of this composer's fifth symphony ends with a celesta playing chromatic scales, and it also features a motif from Bizet's Habanera. He also wrote two concertos for both David Oistrakh and Mstislav Rostropovich, and another one of his symphonies commemorates the killing of Jews in the titular location, Babi Yar. His seventh symphony was composed during the siege of the titular city, and it contains the "invasion" theme; however, he is more famous for an opera in which Katerina kills both Sergei and her husband, though she later drowns. For 10 points, name this Russian composer of fifteen symphonies including the "Leningrad" Symphony and Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District.
The first movement of this composer's fifth symphony ends with a celesta playing chromatic scales, and it also features a motif from Bizet's Habanera.
Dmitri Dmitriyevich {Shostakovich}