In July 1985, conductor and pianist Maxim Shostakovich visited Interlochen's National Music Camp.
During his time at Interlochen, he led the World Youth Symphony Orchestra in a performance of the Symphony no. 8 composed by his father, Dmitri Shostakovich.
This episode features a recording of this performance from July 7, 1985.
Interlochen Center for the Arts
The archival recordings heard on this program are available thanks in part to The Association for Recorded Sound Collections' Classical Music Preservation Grant, generous support from IPR listeners, and the Hamer D. and Phyllis C. Shafer Foundation.
