Background
Solomon Moiseevich Volkov was born on April 17, 1944 in Uroteppa (now Istaravshan), near Leninabad (now Khujand), Tajikistan.
Theatre Square, 3, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia, 190000
In 1967 Solomon Moiseevich graduated from the Leningrad Conservatory (now N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov Saint Petersburg State Conservatory).
(Testimony: The Memoirs of Dmitri Shostakovich was written...)
Testimony: The Memoirs of Dmitri Shostakovich was written by Russian-born musicologist Solomon Volkov from conversations with Shostakovich.
https://www.amazon.com/Testimony-Memoirs-Dmitri-Shostakovich-Paperback/dp/B00Z8E4XFQ/?tag=2022091-20
1979
("There is a special value to this book which none other h...)
"There is a special value to this book which none other has - namely the opportunity for two Russians with a specialized knowledge of Tchaikovsky to speak to each other on the same ground. Balanchine, as always when speaking his native tongue, expresses himself more freely here than in English. As a result, he touches upon many points that are of particular interest to his ballet public."
https://www.amazon.com/Balanchines-Tchaikovsky-Interviews-George-Balanchine/dp/0671498754/?tag=2022091-20
1985
(The author looks back on his early life in Russia, his ca...)
The author looks back on his early life in Russia, his career as a violinist, and his memories of the composers, conductors and musicians with whom he has worked.
https://www.amazon.com/Russia-West-Musical-Reminiscences-Milstein/dp/0805009744/?tag=2022091-20
1990
(A Russian emigrant writer draws a panoramic view of the c...)
A Russian emigrant writer draws a panoramic view of the cosmopolitan culture that thrived over three centuries in Russia's "gateway to the West," producing such figures as Stravinsky, Nabokov, Balanchine, and Chagall.
https://www.amazon.com/St-Petersburg-Cultural-Solomon-Volkov/dp/0028740521/?tag=2022091-20
1995
(A portrait of Nobel Prize-winning poet Joseph Brodskey is...)
A portrait of Nobel Prize-winning poet Joseph Brodskey is painted through fifteen years of interviews with the author, depicting his childhood years in war-torn Leningrad, his time in Kruschev's Russia, and his love of the work of fellow poets Auden and Frost.
https://www.amazon.com/Conversations-Joseph-Brodsky-Journey-Twentieth/dp/068483572X/?tag=2022091-20
1998
(This is a revelatory account of the relationship between ...)
This is a revelatory account of the relationship between one of the twentieth century’s greatest composers and one of its most infamous tyrants.
https://www.amazon.com/Shostakovich-Stalin-Extraordinary-Relationship-Composer/dp/0375410821
2004
(Epic in scope and intimate in detail, The Magical Chorus ...)
Epic in scope and intimate in detail, The Magical Chorus is the definitive account of a remarkable era in Russia’s complex cultural life.
https://www.amazon.com/Magical-Chorus-History-Russian-Solzhenitsyn/dp/1400042720/?tag=2022091-20
2008
(Romanov Riches is a work of epic scale that never sacrifi...)
Romanov Riches is a work of epic scale that never sacrifices individual characters for broader themes. Gogol, Dostoevsky, and Tolstoy are presented in a devilishly intricate dance with their royal patrons. A truly essential work for anyone who wants to understand Russia’s passionate devotion to its most important artists, it is the prequel to Volkov’s acclaimed work The Magical Chorus: A History of Russian Culture from Tolstoy to Solzhenitsyn.
https://www.amazon.com/Romanov-Riches-Russian-Writers-Artists-ebook/dp/B004CFAW7K/?tag=2022091-20
2011
journalist musicologist author
Solomon Moiseevich Volkov was born on April 17, 1944 in Uroteppa (now Istaravshan), near Leninabad (now Khujand), Tajikistan.
In 1967 Solomon Moiseevich graduated from the Leningrad Conservatory (now N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov Saint Petersburg State Conservatory).
In 1976 Solomon Moiseevich Volkov emigrated to the United States. Many of Solomon Volkov’s writings draw on his professional training as a violinist and musicologist, and he has written books - some structured to document conversations - about such cultural figures as Dmitri Shostakovich, George Balanchine, and Joseph Brodsky. Volkov’s most recent book to appear in English translation is Romanov Riches: Russian Writers and Artists Under the Tsars, which begins with the first Romanovs and ends with Vladimir Lenin. He serves as a cultural commentator on Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
(A portrait of Nobel Prize-winning poet Joseph Brodskey is...)
1998(A Russian emigrant writer draws a panoramic view of the c...)
1995("There is a special value to this book which none other h...)
1985(The author looks back on his early life in Russia, his ca...)
1990(This is a revelatory account of the relationship between ...)
2004(Testimony: The Memoirs of Dmitri Shostakovich was written...)
1979(Epic in scope and intimate in detail, The Magical Chorus ...)
2008(Romanov Riches is a work of epic scale that never sacrifi...)
2011