What do soccer and Shostakovich have in common? Or Grieg's Piano Concerto and a hat? It all comes to pass in our concert RO NOW: Shostakovich 6.

Under the immense pressure of the Soviet regime, Shostakovich spent his life balancing between life and death. His music was repeatedly banned, his person continuously attacked...but when it suited the power, he was just as much used for propaganda purposes. In his Sixth Symphony , Shostakovich shares perhaps his most secret feelings about the Soviet regime. Presenter Christiaan Kuyvenhoven tells you more!