(piano) and Mstislav Rostropovich (cello). Rozhdestvensky is featured in the documentary Notes interdites: scènes de la vie musicale en Russie Soviétique (English title: "The Red Baton"), which examines the hardships faced by musicians in the Soviet Union under Stalinism. In it, he describes the political situation and its impact on his life, as well as those of Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Stravinsky, Richter and other colleagues. The role of Tikhon Khrennikov, Secretary of the Union of Soviet Composers, is discussed extensively. As well, the documentary features Rozhdestvensky discussing the art of conducting, and includes footage of masterclasses, rehearsals with students from the Moscow Conservatory and Zürich's Tonhalle orchestra, as well as snippets of Rozhdestvensky conducting Shostakovich's 7th Symphony, Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet, and Alfred Schnittke's Dead Souls. Shostakovich interpreter In 2016, Rozhdestvensky was awarded the 7th International Shostakovich Prize for his contribution to the interpretation of the work of Dmitri Shostakovich. At Edinburgh in 1964, he conducted the first performance outside the Soviet Union of the 4th symphony. His 1983 recording of the 8th symphony is considered a classic. He edited the second volume of the collected works of Shostakovich published in 1984, including the Symphony No. 3 and Symphony No. 4. Personal life Rozhdestvensky was married twice. His first marriage was to the ballerina Nina Timofeeva. In 1969, Rozhdestvensky married the pianist Viktoria Postnikova. Together they recorded Tchaikovsky's piano concertos. Their son, Sasha Rozhdestvensky, is a violinist, with whom Rozhdestvensky senior recorded the Glazunov and Shostakovich violin concertos in 2007. Rozhdestvensky was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1976, and a Hero of Socialist Labour in 1990. He died on 16 June 2018. Orchestra tenures 1951–1961: Orchestra of the Bolshoi Theatre (conductor) 1961–1974: Symphony Orchestra of All-Union Radio and Television (Moscow) 1964–1970: Orchestra of the Bolshoi Theatre (principal conductor) 1974–1985: Chamber Theatre Orchestra 1974–1977: Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra (artistic director) 1978–1981: BBC Symphony Orchestra (chief conductor) 1980–1982: Vienna Symphony 1983–1991: USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra 1992–1995: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic 2011–2018: Iceland Symphony Orchestra (guest conductor) 2011–2018: Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra (chief guest conductor) With the USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra he recorded all the symphonies of Dmitri Shostakovich, Alexander Glazunov, Anton Bruckner, Alfred Schnittke, and Arthur Honegger. He also performed all the symphonies of Ralph Vaughan Williams in Leningrad in the late 1980s. Those have been released, by the Melodiya label, in a complete CD box set in