1931 - 1954
Dmitri Shostakovich and Nina Varzar
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Nina Varzar and Dmitri Shostakovich were married for 22 years before Nina Varzar died, leaving behind her partner and 2 children.
They had 2 children, Galina (90) and Elmira (86).
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Russian Composer Dmitri Shostakovich was born Dmitry Dmitriyevich Shostakovich on 26th September, 1906 in St. Petersburg, Russia and passed away on 9th Aug 1975 Moscow, Soviet Union aged 68. He is most remembered for internationally recognized composer whose music was in over 100 films. His zodiac sign is Libra.
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Relationship Statistics
| Status | Duration | Length |
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| Dating | 1931 - 13th May 1932 |
1 year, 4 months
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| Married | 13th May 1932 - Dec 1954 |
22 years, 6 months
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| Total |
1931 -
Dec 1954
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23 years, 11 months
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(13 May 1932 - 5 December 1954) (her death) 2 children
Shostakovich married his first wife, Nina Varzar, in 1932. Initial difficulties led to a divorce in 1935, but the couple soon remarried when Nina became pregnant with their first child.
During the forties and fifties Shostakovich had close relationships with two of his pupils: Galina Ustvolskaya and Elmira Nazirova. In the background to all this remained Shostakovich's first, open marriage to Nina Varzar until her death in 1954. He taught Ustvolskaya from 1937 to 1947. The nature of their relationship is far from clear: Mstislav Rostropovich described it as "tender". Ustvolskaya rejected a proposal of marriage from him after Nina's death.
his son is named Maxim Dmitrievich Shostakovich (born Leningrad on 10 May 1938)
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