Shostakovich's Symphony No. 7 was premiered in Leningrad while the city was under siege by Nazi forces.

Leningrad première of Shostakovich's Symphony No. 7

Dmitri Shostakovich's Symphony No. 7 had its Leningrad première on 9 August 1942 during the Second World War, while the city was under siege by the Nazi German forces.

Siege of Leningrad

Blockade by the Axis powers, 1941–1944

The siege of Leningrad was a military blockade undertaken by the Axis powers against the city of Leningrad in the Soviet Union on the Eastern Front of World War II from 1941 to 1944. Leningrad, the country's second largest city, was besieged by Germany and Finland for 872 days,…