Boldly signed halftone photograph from the esteemed Soviet composer whose 15 symphonies and large body of chamber and instrumental works occupy a place of central importance in the 20th-century repertoire. The page measuring 18 x 24 cm, boldly signed with his name alone in the lower blank margin and in very fine condition. The verso advertising the Royal Festival Hall 1960 appearance of the Leningrad Symphony under Eugene Mravinsky and "in the presence of Dmitri Shostakovich."