Galina Ustvolskaya
Russia, 1946–2006
The 'lady with the hammer' — a Shostakovich pupil whose austere, thunderous, quasi-liturgical music (the six piano sonatas, the symphonies) stands utterly apart, uncompromising and singular.
Russia, 1946–2006
The 'lady with the hammer' — a Shostakovich pupil whose austere, thunderous, quasi-liturgical music (the six piano sonatas, the symphonies) stands utterly apart, uncompromising and singular.