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    No other symphony by Shostakovich has raised so acute debates, discussions in musical circles and in the press as Symphony #10.  Evgeni Mravinsky conducted its premiere in Leningrad in December of 1953.  Certain musical critics and Shostakovich’s colleagues were taken aback, even "frightened", by its complexity, sharpness of expression and dramatic intensity of narration.  Like in the composer's previous symphonies (especially in his Seventh and Eighth), there are many pages full of deep sorrow, disturbing meditations and gloom. Symphony #10 is surprisingly complex.  It cannot be interpreted in one simple way.
    A well-known musicologist Georgy Khubov defined artistic concept of the Symphony: "Three motifs form the Symphony: motif of meditation, motif of human suffering and motif of struggle".
    Vladimir Fedoseyev developed the USSR TV and Radio Large Symphony Orchestra for 26 years into one of the best Russian orchestras and made it internationally known by touring, before he was appointed as a principal conductor of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra in 1997.
    Fedoseyev also conducts leading orchestras in Germany (Orchester des Bayrischen Rundfunks, RSO Stuttgart, Staatsorchester Hamburg), in France (Orchestre National de France, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France), in Italy, Scandinavia and in Switzerland. The Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra appointed him as their first guest conductor.
    Fedoseyev's conducting demonstrates such unique virtues as a perfect ensemble and balance in sound, discipline and the perfectionist's approach.  For those who attended his concerts they will remain etched in their memory for a lifetime.