Shostakovich grave is vandalised

Shostakovich grave is vandalised

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norman lebrecht

August 31, 2019

Anna Firstova visited the grave yesterday in Moscow.

She was shocked to find that the musical stave with the letters of the composers name had been prised or hacked off the tombstone at Novodevichy Cemetery.

Here’s the original gravestone:

Anna sent the following pictures of the vandalised tomb to DSCH journal:

Anna at grave.

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