Which major Russian composer of the 20th century wrote a piece that was premiered by the Beethoven Quartet in 1964?
String Quartet No. 9 (Shostakovich) Dmitri Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 9 in E-flat major, op. 117, was composed in 1964 and premiered by the Beethoven Quartet. The Ninth Quartet was dedicated to his third wife, Irina Antonovna Shostakovich, a young editor he married in 1962.
St. Petersburg String Quartet St.Petersburg String Quartet (Russian: Санкт-Петербургский Струнный квартет ; formed 1985) is a Russian string quartet. Their interpretations and recordings of Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky, Borodin, Prokofiev and Glazunov string quartets can be found on Sony, Melodiya, Hyperion, Delos, Dorian and Marquis labels.