Mieczysław Weinberg, born in Warsaw, fled to Minsk and then Tashkent after the Nazi occupation, eventually settling in Moscow in 1943.
Composer Biography
Weinberg faced personal setbacks, including the murder of his father-in-law, actor Solomon Mikhoels, and his own imprisonment for alleged 'Jewish subversion' until Stalin's death.
Performer Biography
Tatiana Goncharova, the pianist on this album, is a graduate of The Juilliard School and is on the faculty of Pinchas Zukerman's Young Artists Program.
Performer Biography
Grigory Kalinovsky, the violinist on this album, is a Starling Professor of Violin at the Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University.
Cultural Impact
Despite declining fortunes later in life, Weinberg's extensive output, including 26 symphonies and 17 string quartets, is now increasingly recognized as a significant continuation of the Russian symphonic tradition.
Composer Biography
Weinberg's First Symphony impressed Dmitri Shostakovich, a prominent Soviet composer, which led to Weinberg's move to Moscow.
