Solzhenitsyn May 30, 2013 Review: "Civilized Mozart and Hair-Raising Shostakovich from Gerard Schwarz" Solzhenitsyn May 30, 2013 Review of Shostakovich First Concerto with Gerard Schwarz and Seattle Symphony. “Ignat Solzhenitsyn, himself no mean Shostakovich exponent as a conductor, accomplished miracles of prestidigitation in the composer’s First Piano Concerto.” — Bernard Jacobson, Seen and Heard International