A Russian border guard inscribed the name 'Moysey' on Weinberg's documents, which became the name by which all official sources referred to him.
Notable Performances
The First Solo Sonata for Cello was premiered by its dedicatee, Mstislav Rostropovich, on December 15, 1960, in Moscow.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Weinberg considered himself a pupil of Dmitri Shostakovich, stating: 'I count myself as his pupil, his flesh and blood.'
Performer Biography
Alexander Chaushian, the cellist, has been the artistic director of the Orpheus & Bacchus Festival in Bordeaux, France, and the International Pharos Chamber Music Festival in Cyprus since 2002.
Historical Context
In 1953, at the height of Stalin's anti-semitic purges, Weinberg was imprisoned, seemingly due to his connection with his father-in-law, Solomon Mikhoels, a Jewish activist who had been murdered.
Compositional Technique
Weinberg's First Cello and Piano Sonata uses 'rocking perfect fourths and slurred pairs of notes' as signature motifs, which are distillations of Jewish idioms.
Composer Biography
Mieczysław Weinberg, the composer, fled the German occupation of Poland in 1939, during which his parents and sister were murdered.
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