Dmitri Shostakovich was a child of the revolution. When the composer-to-be was born in St. Petersburg in 1907, his engineer father and his quiet, yet musically inclined mother had inklings of the coming upheaval . This looming turmoil may have been hard to grasp for this geographically Russian but ethnically Polish couple . Even if Dmitri Shostakovich’s parents understood the impending revolution, they could not have been prepared for the impact that the rise of the Soviet Union would have on themselves, and their young son. Looking back, there may have been hints that this child would be prone to upsetting the norm, to erupting with musical passion, and to subverting the powers that be. However, until the March revolution of 1917, Dmitri Shostakovich was just a nine year old boy who happened to be a fine pianist.…show more content… When the composer-to-be was born in St. Petersburg in 1907, his engineer father and his quiet, yet musically inclined mother had inklings of the coming upheaval . This looming turmoil may have been hard to grasp for this geographically Russian but ethnically Polish couple . Even if Dmitri Shostakovich’s parents understood the impending revolution, they could not have been prepared for the impact that the rise of the Soviet Union would have on themselves, and their young son. Looking back, there may have been hints that this child would be prone to upsetting the norm, to erupting with musical passion, and to subverting the powers that be. However, until the March revolution of 1917, Dmitri Shostakovich was just a nine year old boy who happened to be a fine
