{"id":42634,"date":"2021-09-24T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-24T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/?p=42634"},"modified":"2023-08-08T16:42:11","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T14:42:11","slug":"dmitri-chostakovitch-un-funambule-face-au-pouvoir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/en\/music\/dmitri-chostakovitch-un-funambule-face-au-pouvoir\/","title":{"rendered":"Dmitri Shostakovich, a tightrope walker in the face of power"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='content_excerpt'>\n<p>Le Regard Libre N\u00b0 77 - Jean-David Ponci<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dossier \u00abThe arts in the face of Russian power\u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\"><strong>Deputy of the Supreme Soviet in 1947, General Secretary of the Union of Soviet Composers in 1960, Hero of Socialist Labor in 1966... These appointments, reluctantly accepted, were often no more than a means to publish articles in his name that he had not written, or to have him read speeches he did not approve of. This fits in well with the totalitarian conception of power, according to which everything is at the service of the state. Shostakovich was supposed to be just another cog in this gigantic machinery. How can an artist still be creative under such conditions? Shostakovich did more than answer this dilemma. He embodies it in his very life. Just as a tightrope walker must submit to the laws of gravity if he is to survive, so Shostakovich submits to the implacable laws of gravity if he is to survive.\n    <div class='restricted_content_fade'><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <style>\n    .content_excerpt{\n      position: relative;\n    }\n    .content_excerpt .restricted_content_fade{\n      position: absolute;\n      bottom: 0;\n      left: 0;\n      right: 0;\n      height: 75px;\n\t  margin-bottom: 0px;\n      background-image: linear-gradient(#ffffff2e, white);\n    }\n\n    .restricted_content{\n      margin-top: 30px;\n      border: solid #dddddd 1px;\n      border-radius: 7px;\n      padding: 30px;\n    }\n    \n    .restricted_content .restricted_content_title{\n      font-size: 22px;\n      font-weight: 600;\n    }\n    .restricted_content .restricted_content_flex_row{\n      display: flex;\n      flex-direction: row;\n    }\n    .restricted_content .restricted_content_image_container{\n      flex: 3;\n    }\n    .restricted_content .restricted_content_flex_column{\n      flex: 4;\n      display: flex;\n      flex-direction: column;\n      margin-left: 40px;\n      justify-content: center;\n    }\n\n\n    .restricted_content_buttons{\n      display: flex;\n      flex-direction: column;\n      width: min-content;\n    }\n    .restricted_content_button{\n      background-color: #f2f2f2;\n      text-transform: uppercase;\n      font-weight: 600;\n      padding: 8px 40px;\n      text-align: center;\n      font-size: 13px;\n      margin-top: 10px;\n      width: max-content;\n      width: 100%;\n      white-space: nowrap;\n    }\n    .restricted_content_button:hover {\n      background-color: #111111;\n      color: white;\n      text-decoration: none !important;\n    }\n\n    .restricted_content_primary_button{\n      background-color: #1F2A68 !important;\n      color: white !important;\n    }\n    .restricted_content_primary_button:hover {\n      background-color: #111111;\n    }\n\n    .restricted_content_text{\n      margin-bottom: 10px;\n      line-height: 1.2;\n      font-weight: 500;\n      font-size: 16px;\n    }\n\n  \n  <\/style>\n  <div class='restricted_content'>\n    <h3 class='restricted_content_title'>This content is reserved for our subscribers.<\/h3>\n    <div class='restricted_content_flex_row'>\n      <div class='restricted_content_image_container'>\n        <img class='restricted_content_image' src='\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/abo_physique.png' \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class='restricted_content_flex_column'>\n        <div class='restricted_content_text'>If you have an account, please log in. Otherwise, discover our different subscription packages and create an account from CHF 2.50 for the first month.<\/div>\n        <div class='restricted_content_buttons'>\n          <a href='\/en\/subscription\/' class='restricted_content_button restricted_content_primary_button'>See subscriptions<\/a><a href='\/en\/my-account\/?redirect_to=https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/en\/music\/dmitri-chostakovitch-un-funambule-face-au-pouvoir\/'class='restricted_content_button'>Login<\/a><\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class='content_excerpt'>\n<p>Le Regard Libre N\u00b0 77 - Jean-David Ponci<\/p>\n<p>Dossier \u00abThe arts in the face of Russian power\u00bb<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\"><strong>Deputy of the Supreme Soviet in 1947, General Secretary of the Union of Soviet Composers in 1960, Hero of Socialist Labor in 1966... These appointments, reluctantly accepted, were often no more than a means to publish articles in his name that he had not written, or to have him read speeches he did not approve of. This fits in well with the totalitarian conception of power, according to which everything is at the service of the state. Shostakovich was supposed to be just another cog in this gigantic machinery. How can an artist still be creative under such conditions? Shostakovich did more than answer this dilemma. He embodies it in his very life. Just as a tightrope walker must submit to the laws of gravity if he is to survive, so Shostakovich submits to the implacable laws of gravity if he is to survive.<\/p>\n<div class='restricted_content_fade'><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n    .content_excerpt{\n      position: relative;\n    }\n    .content_excerpt .restricted_content_fade{\n      position: absolute;\n      bottom: 0;\n      left: 0;\n      right: 0;\n      height: 75px;\n\t  margin-bottom: 0px;\n      background-image: linear-gradient(#ffffff2e, white);\n    }<\/p>\n<p>    .restricted_content{\n      margin-top: 30px;\n      border: solid #dddddd 1px;\n      border-radius: 7px;\n      padding: 30px;\n    }<\/p>\n<p>    .restricted_content .restricted_content_title{\n      font-size: 22px;\n      font-weight: 600;\n    }\n    .restricted_content .restricted_content_flex_row{\n      display: flex;\n      flex-direction: row;\n    }\n    .restricted_content .restricted_content_image_container{\n      flex: 3;\n    }\n    .restricted_content .restricted_content_flex_column{\n      flex: 4;\n      display: flex;\n      flex-direction: column;\n      margin-left: 40px;\n      justify-content: center;\n    }<\/p>\n<p>    .restricted_content_buttons{\n      display: flex;\n      flex-direction: column;\n      width: min-content;\n    }\n    .restricted_content_button{\n      background-color: #f2f2f2;\n      text-transform: uppercase;\n      font-weight: 600;\n      padding: 8px 40px;\n      text-align: center;\n      font-size: 13px;\n      margin-top: 10px;\n      width: max-content;\n      width: 100%;\n      white-space: nowrap;\n    }\n    .restricted_content_button:hover {\n      background-color: #111111;\n      color: white;\n      text-decoration: none !important;\n    }<\/p>\n<p>    .restricted_content_primary_button{\n      background-color: #1F2A68 !important;\n      color: white !important;\n    }\n    .restricted_content_primary_button:hover {\n      background-color: #111111;\n    }<\/p>\n<p>    .restricted_content_text{\n      margin-bottom: 10px;\n      line-height: 1.2;\n      font-weight: 500;\n      font-size: 16px;\n    }<\/p>\n<\/style>\n<div class='restricted_content'>\n<h3 class='restricted_content_title'>This content is reserved for our subscribers.<\/h3>\n<div class='restricted_content_flex_row'>\n<div class='restricted_content_image_container'>\n        <img class='restricted_content_image' src='\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/abo_physique.png' \/>\n      <\/div>\n<div class='restricted_content_flex_column'>\n<div class='restricted_content_text'>If you have an account, please log in. Otherwise, discover our different subscription packages and create an account from CHF 2.50 for the first month.<\/div>\n<div class='restricted_content_buttons'>\n          <a href='\/en\/subscription\/' class='restricted_content_button restricted_content_primary_button'>See subscriptions<\/a><a href='\/en\/my-account\/?redirect_to=https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/en\/music\/dmitri-chostakovitch-un-funambule-face-au-pouvoir\/'class='restricted_content_button'>Login<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"author":77,"featured_media":42649,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6460],"tags":[644356896,42727,720693],"class_list":["post-42634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-musique","tag-les-arts-face-au-pouvoir-russe","tag-resistance","tag-urss","membership-content","access-restricted"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.4 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Dmitri Chostakovitch, un funambule face au pouvoir<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/en\/music\/dmitri-chostakovitch-un-funambule-face-au-pouvoir\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dmitri Chostakovitch, un funambule face au pouvoir\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"ARTICLE LONG FORMAT, Jean-David Ponci | D\u00e9put\u00e9 du Soviet supr\u00eame en 1947, secr\u00e9taire g\u00e9n\u00e9ral de l\u2019Union des compositeurs sovi\u00e9tiques en 1960, H\u00e9ros du Travail Socialiste en 1966\u2026 Ces nominations, accept\u00e9es \u00e0 contrec\u0153ur, n\u2019\u00e9taient souvent qu\u2019un moyen pour publier en son nom des articles qu\u2019il n\u2019avait pas \u00e9crits, ou pour lui faire lire des discours qu\u2019il n\u2019approuvait pas. Cela correspond bien \u00e0 la conception totalitaire du pouvoir selon laquelle tout est au service de l\u2019Etat. Chostakovitch \u00e9tait cens\u00e9 \u00eatre un rouage de plus de cette gigantesque machinerie. Comment un artiste peut-il \u00eatre encore cr\u00e9atif dans de telles conditions? Chostakovitch fait plus que r\u00e9pondre \u00e0 ce dilemme. Il l\u2019incarne par sa vie m\u00eame. Tout comme un funambule qui doit se soumettre, s\u2019il veut survivre, aux lois de la pesanteur, Chostakovitch se soumet aux lois implacables du r\u00e9gime, mais, en m\u00eame temps, il les d\u00e9fie en composant des musiques qui peuvent \u00eatre interpr\u00e9t\u00e9es comme une raillerie.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/en\/music\/dmitri-chostakovitch-un-funambule-face-au-pouvoir\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Le Regard Libre\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/leregardlibre\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-09-24T04:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-08-08T14:42:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Chostakovitch-entoure\u0301-de-Prokoviev-a\u0300-gauche-et-de-Katchaturian-a\u0300-droite-\u00a9-Wikime\u0301dia-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1857\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jean-David Ponci\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@LeRegardLibre\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@LeRegardLibre\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jean-David Ponci\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"11 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leregardlibre.com\\\/musique\\\/dmitri-chostakovitch-un-funambule-face-au-pouvoir\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leregardlibre.com\\\/musique\\\/dmitri-chostakovitch-un-funambule-face-au-pouvoir\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Jean-David Ponci\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leregardlibre.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a5323b897c46f07a5695b2d443956553\"},\"headline\":\"Dmitri Chostakovitch, un funambule face au pouvoir\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-09-24T04:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-08-08T14:42:11+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leregardlibre.com\\\/musique\\\/dmitri-chostakovitch-un-funambule-face-au-pouvoir\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":2349,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leregardlibre.com\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leregardlibre.com\\\/musique\\\/dmitri-chostakovitch-un-funambule-face-au-pouvoir\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leregardlibre.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/09\\\/Chostakovitch-entoure\u0301-de-Prokoviev-a\u0300-gauche-et-de-Katchaturian-a\u0300-droite-\u00a9-Wikime\u0301dia-scaled.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Dossier LES ARTS FACE AU POUVOIR RUSSE\",\"r\u00e9sistance\",\"URSS\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Musique\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/leregardlibre.com\\\/musique\\\/dmitri-chostakovitch-un-funambule-face-au-pouvoir\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leregardlibre.com\\\/musique\\\/dmitri-chostakovitch-un-funambule-face-au-pouvoir\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leregardlibre.com\\\/musique\\\/dmitri-chostakovitch-un-funambule-face-au-pouvoir\\\/\",\"name\":\"Dmitri Chostakovitch, un funambule face au pouvoir\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leregardlibre.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leregardlibre.com\\\/musique\\\/dmitri-chostakovitch-un-funambule-face-au-pouvoir\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leregardlibre.com\\\/musique\\\/dmitri-chostakovitch-un-funambule-face-au-pouvoir\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leregardlibre.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/09\\\/Chostakovitch-entoure\u0301-de-Prokoviev-a\u0300-gauche-et-de-Katchaturian-a\u0300-droite-\u00a9-Wikime\u0301dia-scaled.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-09-24T04:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-08-08T14:42:11+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leregardlibre.com\\\/musique\\\/dmitri-chostakovitch-un-funambule-face-au-pouvoir\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/leregardlibre.com\\\/musique\\\/dmitri-chostakovitch-un-funambule-face-au-pouvoir\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leregardlibre.com\\\/musique\\\/dmitri-chostakovitch-un-funambule-face-au-pouvoir\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leregardlibre.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/09\\\/Chostakovitch-entoure\u0301-de-Prokoviev-a\u0300-gauche-et-de-Katchaturian-a\u0300-droite-\u00a9-Wikime\u0301dia-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leregardlibre.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/09\\\/Chostakovitch-entoure\u0301-de-Prokoviev-a\u0300-gauche-et-de-Katchaturian-a\u0300-droite-\u00a9-Wikime\u0301dia-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1857,\"caption\":\"XBH366684 The composers Sergei Prokofiev, Dmitri Shostakovich and Aram Khachaturian, 1945 (b\\\/w photo) by Russian Photographer (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Prokofiev (1891-1953) was a Russian composer, pianist and conductor; Shostakovich (1906-75) was a Russian composer; Khachaturian (1903-78) was a Soviet-Armenian composer;); Russian, it is possible that some works by this artist may be protected by third party rights in some territories\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leregardlibre.com\\\/musique\\\/dmitri-chostakovitch-un-funambule-face-au-pouvoir\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Accueil\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leregardlibre.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Dmitri Chostakovitch, un funambule face au pouvoir\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leregardlibre.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leregardlibre.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Le Regard Libre\",\"description\":\"Premier mensuel suisse de d\u00e9bat\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leregardlibre.com\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leregardlibre.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leregardlibre.com\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Le Regard Libre\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leregardlibre.com\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leregardlibre.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leregardlibre.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/logo-rl-icone-neg.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leregardlibre.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/logo-rl-icone-neg.jpeg\",\"width\":557,\"height\":556,\"caption\":\"Le Regard Libre\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leregardlibre.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/leregardlibre\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/LeRegardLibre\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/le-regard-libre\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/leregardlibre\\\/\",\"http:\\\/\\\/t.me\\\/leregardlibre\",\"https:\\\/\\\/youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UC6HzGPomj1LsUmlz-sJtITQ\"],\"description\":\"Le Regard Libre est un mensuel suisse de d\u00e9bat intellectuel et culturel. Sa r\u00e9daction est jeune, b\u00e9n\u00e9vole, lib\u00e9rale et pluraliste. Le magazine para\u00eet en ligne et sous forme papier. Sa langue est le fran\u00e7ais.\",\"email\":\"redaction@leregardlibre.com\",\"legalName\":\"Le Regard Libre\",\"foundingDate\":\"2014-01-01\",\"numberOfEmployees\":{\"@type\":\"QuantitativeValue\",\"minValue\":\"11\",\"maxValue\":\"50\"},\"publishingPrinciples\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leregardlibre.com\\\/a-propos\\\/notre-manifeste\\\/\",\"ownershipFundingInfo\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leregardlibre.com\\\/mentions-legales\\\/\",\"actionableFeedbackPolicy\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leregardlibre.com\\\/conditions-generales-de-vente\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leregardlibre.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a5323b897c46f07a5695b2d443956553\",\"name\":\"Jean-David Ponci\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/2689176fb405b37f3270802701d04cf5980f0fba00b2f4ff4652bc8b59d677ff?s=96&d=identicon&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/2689176fb405b37f3270802701d04cf5980f0fba00b2f4ff4652bc8b59d677ff?s=96&d=identicon&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/2689176fb405b37f3270802701d04cf5980f0fba00b2f4ff4652bc8b59d677ff?s=96&d=identicon&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Jean-David Ponci\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/fr.wikipedia.org\\\/wiki\\\/Le_Regard_libre\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leregardlibre.com\\\/en\\\/author\\\/jean-david-ponci\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Dmitri Shostakovich, a tightrope walker in the face of power","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/en\/music\/dmitri-chostakovitch-un-funambule-face-au-pouvoir\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Dmitri Chostakovitch, un funambule face au pouvoir","og_description":"ARTICLE LONG FORMAT, Jean-David Ponci | D\u00e9put\u00e9 du Soviet supr\u00eame en 1947, secr\u00e9taire g\u00e9n\u00e9ral de l\u2019Union des compositeurs sovi\u00e9tiques en 1960, H\u00e9ros du Travail Socialiste en 1966\u2026 Ces nominations, accept\u00e9es \u00e0 contrec\u0153ur, n\u2019\u00e9taient souvent qu\u2019un moyen pour publier en son nom des articles qu\u2019il n\u2019avait pas \u00e9crits, ou pour lui faire lire des discours qu\u2019il n\u2019approuvait pas. Cela correspond bien \u00e0 la conception totalitaire du pouvoir selon laquelle tout est au service de l\u2019Etat. Chostakovitch \u00e9tait cens\u00e9 \u00eatre un rouage de plus de cette gigantesque machinerie. Comment un artiste peut-il \u00eatre encore cr\u00e9atif dans de telles conditions? Chostakovitch fait plus que r\u00e9pondre \u00e0 ce dilemme. Il l\u2019incarne par sa vie m\u00eame. Tout comme un funambule qui doit se soumettre, s\u2019il veut survivre, aux lois de la pesanteur, Chostakovitch se soumet aux lois implacables du r\u00e9gime, mais, en m\u00eame temps, il les d\u00e9fie en composant des musiques qui peuvent \u00eatre interpr\u00e9t\u00e9es comme une raillerie.","og_url":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/en\/music\/dmitri-chostakovitch-un-funambule-face-au-pouvoir\/","og_site_name":"Le Regard Libre","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/leregardlibre\/","article_published_time":"2021-09-24T04:00:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-08-08T14:42:11+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2560,"height":1857,"url":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Chostakovitch-entoure\u0301-de-Prokoviev-a\u0300-gauche-et-de-Katchaturian-a\u0300-droite-\u00a9-Wikime\u0301dia-scaled.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Jean-David Ponci","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@LeRegardLibre","twitter_site":"@LeRegardLibre","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jean-David Ponci","Est. reading time":"11 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/musique\/dmitri-chostakovitch-un-funambule-face-au-pouvoir\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/musique\/dmitri-chostakovitch-un-funambule-face-au-pouvoir\/"},"author":{"name":"Jean-David Ponci","@id":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/#\/schema\/person\/a5323b897c46f07a5695b2d443956553"},"headline":"Dmitri Chostakovitch, un funambule face au pouvoir","datePublished":"2021-09-24T04:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2023-08-08T14:42:11+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/musique\/dmitri-chostakovitch-un-funambule-face-au-pouvoir\/"},"wordCount":2349,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/musique\/dmitri-chostakovitch-un-funambule-face-au-pouvoir\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Chostakovitch-entoure\u0301-de-Prokoviev-a\u0300-gauche-et-de-Katchaturian-a\u0300-droite-\u00a9-Wikime\u0301dia-scaled.jpg","keywords":["Dossier LES ARTS FACE AU POUVOIR RUSSE","r\u00e9sistance","URSS"],"articleSection":["Musique"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/musique\/dmitri-chostakovitch-un-funambule-face-au-pouvoir\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/musique\/dmitri-chostakovitch-un-funambule-face-au-pouvoir\/","url":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/musique\/dmitri-chostakovitch-un-funambule-face-au-pouvoir\/","name":"Dmitri Shostakovich, a tightrope walker in the face of power","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/musique\/dmitri-chostakovitch-un-funambule-face-au-pouvoir\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/musique\/dmitri-chostakovitch-un-funambule-face-au-pouvoir\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Chostakovitch-entoure\u0301-de-Prokoviev-a\u0300-gauche-et-de-Katchaturian-a\u0300-droite-\u00a9-Wikime\u0301dia-scaled.jpg","datePublished":"2021-09-24T04:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2023-08-08T14:42:11+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/musique\/dmitri-chostakovitch-un-funambule-face-au-pouvoir\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/musique\/dmitri-chostakovitch-un-funambule-face-au-pouvoir\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/musique\/dmitri-chostakovitch-un-funambule-face-au-pouvoir\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Chostakovitch-entoure\u0301-de-Prokoviev-a\u0300-gauche-et-de-Katchaturian-a\u0300-droite-\u00a9-Wikime\u0301dia-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Chostakovitch-entoure\u0301-de-Prokoviev-a\u0300-gauche-et-de-Katchaturian-a\u0300-droite-\u00a9-Wikime\u0301dia-scaled.jpg","width":2560,"height":1857,"caption":"XBH366684 The composers Sergei Prokofiev, Dmitri Shostakovich and Aram Khachaturian, 1945 (b\/w photo) by Russian Photographer (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Prokofiev (1891-1953) was a Russian composer, pianist and conductor; Shostakovich (1906-75) was a Russian composer; Khachaturian (1903-78) was a Soviet-Armenian composer;); Russian, it is possible that some works by this artist may be protected by third party rights in some territories"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/musique\/dmitri-chostakovitch-un-funambule-face-au-pouvoir\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Accueil","item":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Dmitri Chostakovitch, un funambule face au pouvoir"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/","name":"Le Regard Libre","description":"Switzerland's first monthly debate magazine","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/#organization","name":"Le Regard Libre","url":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/logo-rl-icone-neg.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/logo-rl-icone-neg.jpeg","width":557,"height":556,"caption":"Le Regard Libre"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/leregardlibre\/","https:\/\/x.com\/LeRegardLibre","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/le-regard-libre","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/leregardlibre\/","http:\/\/t.me\/leregardlibre","https:\/\/youtube.com\/channel\/UC6HzGPomj1LsUmlz-sJtITQ"],"description":"Le Regard Libre is a Swiss monthly magazine for intellectual and cultural debate. Its editorial team is young, voluntary, liberal and pluralist. The magazine appears online and in print. Its language is French.","email":"redaction@leregardlibre.com","legalName":"Le Regard Libre","foundingDate":"2014-01-01","numberOfEmployees":{"@type":"QuantitativeValue","minValue":"11","maxValue":"50"},"publishingPrinciples":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/a-propos\/notre-manifeste\/","ownershipFundingInfo":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/mentions-legales\/","actionableFeedbackPolicy":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/conditions-generales-de-vente\/"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/#\/schema\/person\/a5323b897c46f07a5695b2d443956553","name":"Jean-David Ponci","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2689176fb405b37f3270802701d04cf5980f0fba00b2f4ff4652bc8b59d677ff?s=96&d=identicon&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2689176fb405b37f3270802701d04cf5980f0fba00b2f4ff4652bc8b59d677ff?s=96&d=identicon&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2689176fb405b37f3270802701d04cf5980f0fba00b2f4ff4652bc8b59d677ff?s=96&d=identicon&r=g","caption":"Jean-David Ponci"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Le_Regard_libre"],"url":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/en\/author\/jean-david-ponci\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/77"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42634"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42634\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":511210,"href":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42634\/revisions\/511210"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}