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# Dmitry Shostakovich's First Symphony, which brought him worldwide fame, was written as a graduation project
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/pervaia-simfoniia-dmitriia-shostakovicha-prinesshaia-emu-vsemirnuiu-slavu-byla-napisana-v-kachestve-diplomnogo-proekta/
- Published: 2025-06-05T10:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-01T05:29:50.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: New York, Education, People

The first performance took place in May 1926 and caused a sensation; before long the symphony was being played across the country and abroad, in Berlin, Philadelphia and New York.

Thus the 19-year-old composer became known the world over.