Dmitri Shostakovich

Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich Russian pronunciation:  (Russian: Дмитрий Дмитриевич Шостакович; 25 September 1906 - 9 August 1975) was a Soviet Russian composer and pianist and was one of the most celebrated composers of the 20th century.
Shostakovich achieved fame in the Soviet Union under the patronage of Leon Trotsky's chief of staff Mikhail Tukhachevsky, but later had a complex and difficult relationship with the government. Nevertheless, he received accolades and state awards and served in the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR (1947-1962) and the USSR (from 1962 until death).