On Shostakovitch birthday winners of the International Quartet Contest of his name were awarded. The first prize took Moscow quartet "Romantic". Italians were mentioned for "Artistry to the level of anarchy".
Russian musicians carried out a lesson that Russian school for too long a time stressed technical side of performance at the cost of freedom and artistry.
Eric IDLE (1943)
VANGELIS (1943)
Johnny DOWD (1948)
Michael BRECKER (1949)
Ирина КРУГ (1976)