Mieczysław Weinberg: a complete guide to the composer's life and music

Thursday, January 23, 2020

To mark Mieczysław Weinberg’s centenary, David Fanning explores the ever-growing catalogue of the Russian composer’s extraordinary and underappreciated music

Weinberg in 1962 (photography: courtesy of Olga Rakhalskaya)

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