Faculty Recital: Craig Sheppard plays Shostakovich

University of Washington faculty pianist Craig Sheppard gives Seattle audiences a rare treat – the opportunity to hear, in a single performance, the entirety of the 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87, by Dmitri Shostakovich.

Among the most influential in the canon of 20th century solo piano works, these incredibly varied pieces were composed over an intense three-month period following an inspirational meeting, in October 1950, between the composer and the great Russian pianist, Tatiana Nikolayeva.

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