Recently I was asked by my distinguished colleague Ieva Jokubaviciute to lead a group of Duke University students (both graduate and undergraduate) through the fascinating Preludes, Op. 34 cycle of Shostakovich (not to be confused with his later Preludes & Fugues, Op. 87). Here below are videos of this masterclass, then their group performance a few weeks later, and finally my own recent performance on the E-flat major prelude, Op. 34, No. 19.
5 April 2021 | Solzhenitsyn teaches Shostakovich masterclass at Duke
Duke University students performing the complete Shostakovich Preludes, Op. 34 (1933)
Ignat Solzhenitsyn | Shostakovich Prelude in E-flat major, Op. 34, No. 19