A very unusual original photograph of the great Soviet composer. Stamped by the photographer, A Konkov, on the verso. According to verso label, the image shows the composer at the Festival "Nowdays Music," "devoted to USSR Peoples artist Lenin Prize winner Prof. D. Shostakovich's creative work....D. Shostakovich among Gorky Conservatoire, named after Mr. Glinka, students." One of the only photographs we have seen of Shostakovich smiling! 18 x 23.5 cm.
A very unusual original photograph of the great Soviet composer. Stamped by the photographer, A Konkov, on the verso. According to verso label, the image shows the composer at the Festival "Nowdays Music," "devoted to USSR Peoples artist Lenin Prize winner Prof. D. Shostakovich's creative work....D. Shostakovich among Gorky Conservatoire, named after Mr. Glinka, students." One of the only photographs we have seen of Shostakovich smiling! 18 x 23.5 cm.