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News from International Shostakovich Days in Gohrisch, January 2026
Monday, 5 January 2026
Review and prospects
The Shostakovich Year 2025 has come to an end. The 50th anniversary of the death of our namesake was commemorated with many major events around the world, in Leipzig, Paris and most recently in Milan – but also at our 16th International Shostakovich Days in Gohrisch, where we welcomed more visitors than ever before.
Dear association members,
Dear friends of the International Shostakovich Days in Gohrisch,
We now look forward with confidence and anticipation to 2026, which will mark a “small” anniversary: the 120th birthday of Dmitri Shostakovich, whom we will honour at the next festival. This will take place from 25 to 28 June 2026 in the resort municipality of Gohrisch, once again preceded by a special concert by the Sächsische Staatskapelle on the eve of the festival at the Kulturpalast in Dresden (24 June 2026). In addition to Shostakovich’s birthday, the festival will also focus on ‘TACHELES – Year of Jewish Culture in Saxony 2026’, which will highlight Jewish culture and history from a variety of perspectives throughout the year across the State of Saxony.
Jewish influences have also left their mark on Shostakovich’s work in many ways. ’ I think that, in terms of musical influences, it was Jewish folk music that had the greatest impact on me,’ he said in Solomon Volkov’s ‘Testimony,’ presented as his memoirs. His composer friend Mieczyslaw Weinberg, whose music has only been discovered in recent years and has been featured several times in Gohrisch’s programme, played a decisive role in this. Works by Weinberg, Schnittke and Mahler will feature prominently at the next festival, which will also offer another discovery: the music of Belarusian composer Lev Abeliovich (1912–1985), whose family – like the Weinbergs – perished in the Holocaust and who, together with Weinberg, ended up in Moscow via Warsaw and Minsk and also belonged to Shostakovich’s circle. His music is completely unknown outside Belarus, and we are looking forward to performing some of his chamber music works for the first time in Gohrisch.
International Shostakovich Days 2026
Renowned artists have once again agreed to participate in all of these events, including pianists Onute Gražinyte and Yulianna Avdeeva, the Quatuor Danel, violist Nils Mönkemeyer, pianist Rostislav Krimer and the Kremerata Baltica. And, of course, our partner orchestra, the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden, which received the Shostakovich Prize in 2025, a well-deserved award. Their matinee performance in 2026 will be conducted by Omer Meir Wellber, who is currently enjoying great success as the new General Music Director of the Hamburg State Opera. At least one premiere by Shostakovich will also be on the programme, which will be presented in detail in February 2026.
Special price for advance sales
However, you now have the opportunity to purchase your festival passes in advance. For a special price of €250, you can secure your tickets for all events at the next festival in Gohrisch. Simply send an informal email to tickets@schostakowitsch-tage.de stating the number of passes, your address and your name. Your orders will then be processed by Christiane Mörke and Karsten Blüthgen (managing directors of FEKUSS gGmbH) in the usual manner. This offer is valid until 31 January 2026. After that, the passes will be available in the official advance sale at the normal price. We would be delighted if you would take advantage of this offer again this year.
Recommendations
If you are looking for presents, we would like to recommend our various Shostakovich releases from last year: the CD ‘Shostakovich Discoveries’ from Deutsche Grammophon with several recordings of Shostakovich’s first and world premieres from Gohrisch; or the complete recording of the 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87, with the magnificent Yulianna Avdeeva on Pentatone; in addition, the exciting life story of Irina Antonovna Shostakovich alongside her husband, recorded by filmmaker Elena Yakovich and published by Jaron-Verlag under the title ‘Zu zweit’ (Two); and, of course, the comprehensive Shostakovich exhibition catalogue by Dr Alexander Gurdon, which you can order directly from our website. All these publications were inspired by the Shostakovich Days and were only possible in this form during the anniversary year!
In memory
We would like to take this opportunity to remember those who have left us last year. Among them was the great composer Sofia Gubaidulina, who passed away in March 2025 and was closely associated with us through several world premieres. We also had to say goodbye to our honorary chairwoman Friederike Kübler, who promoted our festival with tireless commitment in its early years and laid the foundations from which we continue to benefit today. We were also deeply saddened by the death of Dr Bernd Feuchtner. As a journalist, he provided a significant initial impulse for our festival in 2005 with an article about Shostakovich in Gohrisch; later, he was an important advisor to us, most recently on the board of trustees.
All that remains is for us to wish you and your families a blessed and peaceful year! Stay healthy, stay confident, and start the new year off in the right way. We look forward to seeing you again or meeting you for the first time at the 17th International Shostakovich Days Gohrisch in 2026!
With warm regards,
Tobias Niederschlag
Artistic Director and Chairman of the Board
Nicolas Stavy le 30 Janvier à la Salle Cortot (Paris 17ème)
Récital de Piano de Nicolas Stavy
Oeuvres de Schnittke, Bach et Schubert
concert à l’occasion de la sortie du nouveau disque CD Bis 2797 :
Alfred Schnittke piano music, volume 1
https://sallecortot.com/event/nicolas-stavy-piano-schnittke-bach-schubert/
Concert public de l’Association internationale « Dimitri Chostakovitch »
Concert public de l’Association internationale « Dimitri Chostakovitch »
Vendredi 12 Décembre 2025 au
Foyer du Temple de l’Âme – 7bis, rue du Pasteur Wagner 75011 Paris
19:00 : Quatuor Galilée – Musique druze, Chostakovitch : quatuor n°8
20:00 : Quatuor Danel : Chostakovitch : quatuors n° 10, 12 & 2
Billet prix unique : 20 € – entrée libre pour les adhérents de
l’Association internationale « Dimitri Chostakovitch ».
Règlement par chèque bancaire à l’ordre de l’Association internationale « Dimitri Chostakovitch », à adresser au 19bis, rue des Saints Pères 75006 Paris.
Pour autres moyens de paiement, nous contacter:
Pour adhérer à l’Association internationale « Dimitri Chostakovitch :
https://chostakovitch.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/ok-1-bulletin-adhe%CC%81sion-AIDC-VF.pdf
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2025 : Il ya 50 ans disparaissait Dimitri Chostakovitch.
30 ans de fidélité du Quatuor Danel avec l’Association Chostakovitch.
2026 : Dimitri Chostakovitch aurait eu 120 ans.
Parution en français du livre d’Elena Yakovich : « L’histoire d’Irina Antonovna, la femme de Chostakovitch ».
A new book about Irina Antonovna Shostakovich
Just published in German by Jaron Musik Verlag in october 2025
« Zu Zweit » from Elena Yakovich
Irina Antonovna Schostakowitsch. – Mein Leben mit Dimitri Schostakowitsch
ISBN : 978-3-89773-185-1
for order : http://www.jaron-verlag.de
publication in russian in november 2025, in french 2026
Berlinsky 100 : Hommage au Centenaire de Valentin Berlinsky (1925 – 2008)
Evénement hommage au Centenaire de Valentin Berlinsky (1925 – 2008), légende du violoncelle et fondateur du Quatuor Borodine.
15 octobre 2025 à 18:00 : projection de films inédits, vernissage
Association internationale « Dimitri Chostakovitch » (75006 Paris)
sur réservation : emmanuel.utwiller@chostakovitch.org
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16 octobre 2025 à 18:00 : présentation de la nouvelle édition du livre de Maria Matalaev « Le Quatuor d’une Vie »
Salle Munch, Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris – A. Cortot (75017 Paris)
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16, 17, 18 octobre à 20:00 et 19 octobre 2025 à 17:00
Concerts, Salle Cortot (75017 Paris)
Renseignements, Réservation :
Dimitri Chostakovitch (1906 – 1975) : Deux nouveaux films
Deux nouveaux films à voir, à l’occasion du 50ème anniversaire de la disparition de Dimitri Chostakovitch, le 9 août 1975
« A Deux », l’histoire de la femme de Dimitri Chostakovitch – un film d’Elena Yakovich
sur demande, projection à l’Association internationale « Dimitri Chostakovitch » (75006 Paris) – version sous-titrée en français
emmanuel.utwiller@chostakovitch.org
Chostakovitch (symphonie en rouge), un nouveau documentaire de Jérôme Lambert et Philippe Picard – production : Un Film à la Patte (Strasbourg), diffusion : Arte Films.
A voir en replay en version française : https://www.arte.tv/fr/videos/124391-000-A/dimitri-chostakovitch-symphonie-en-rouge/
A voir en replay en version allemande : https://www.arte.tv/de/videos/124391-000-A/schostakowitsch-symphonie-in-rot/
16èmes « Journées Chostakovitch de Gohrisch », du 26 au 29 Juin 2025
Les 16èmes « Journées Chostakovitch de Gohrisch » se tiendront du 26 au 29 Juin 2025.
Le programme se trouve à l’adresse :
http://www.schostakowitsch-tage.de
https://chostakovitch.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Gohrisch-Broschüre-2024.pdf
Note au visiteur
WWW.CHOSTAKOVITCH.ORG VERSION 1 a été mis en ligne il y a 20 ans, développé sous Netscape Communicator 2.0 avec un Macintosh Performa 6200 tournant sous Mac OS 8.5.
WWW.CHOSTAKOVITCH.ORG VERSION 2 (2018) est développé sous WordPress, l’architecture de la première version ayant été conservée. L’importation de l’intégralité des données (événements, photos, catalogue DSCH Publishers, …), ainsi que les versions russes et japonaises seront achevées d’ici l’été 2019.
