Ivan Ivanovich Sollertinsky (3 December 1902 in Vitebsk – 11 February 1944 in Novosibirsk) (Cyrillic: Ива́н Ива́нович Соллерти́нский) was a Soviet polymath.
Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich [a ] [b ] (25 September [O.S. 12 September] 1906 – 9 August 1975) was a Soviet-era Russian composer and pianist [1 ] who became internationally known after the premiere of his First Symphony in 1926 and…
Dmitri’s father, the polymath Ivan Sollertinsky, was one of Shostakovich’s closest friends, and the aforementioned piano trio that was completed in 1944, the same year that Sollertinsky senior died, was dedicated to his memory.