Sofia Moshevich [SEP] residence
Sofia Moshevich
Sofia Moshevich (; born 1949) is a Ukrainian-born pianist, teacher and researcher who lived in Moscow, Jerusalem and Johannesburg before emigrating to Canada where she now lives in Toronto. Since the early 1970s, she has taken a special interest in the Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich, making a careful analysis of his recorded performances as a pianist. Two books document the results of her work: "Dmitri Shostakovich, Pianist" and "Shostakovich's Music for Piano Solo, Interpretation and Performance". She also contributed
Leningrad Comedy Theatre. Since 1970 he became a professor at the Leningrad Conservatory. He orchestrated two unfinished operas of Modest Mussorgsky: Zhenitba and Salammbô. His orchestration of Salammbô was used by Valery Gergiev at the Mérida festival in 1991.
Selected works.
- Violin concerto, opus 21 (1970)
- Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
- Sonata for Flute and Piano
Sources.
- Moshevich, Sofia, "Dmitri Shostakovich - Pianist" (McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, 2004) -