Shostakovich: the musical legacy of a humanitarian artist — Five Lines Reviewing 6 concerts by Orchestra Wellington and the NZ String Quartet, writer Elizabeth Kerr finds some answers to big questions about Shostakovich’s artistic and personal role in Soviet Russia.

What happens to artists under an oppressive regime? Shostakovich survived and his music tells an eloquent story with irony and passion. My review of six concerts of his music 50 years after his death by #OrchestraWellington and the #NZStringQuartet - some big questions answered.