“…Bernstein was conducting Shostakovich’s First Symphony, and he turned to the children in the audience and said, ‘Children, Dmitri Shostakovich wrote this piece when he was 19 years old and became world famous overnight,’ and I remember thinking, ‘I have ten years.’ And after that, I became a composer.”—David Lang Hear works by David Lang on April 19 as part of Steve Reich’s Three Generations series in #ZankelHall. #SteveReich #CarnegieHall #CHStory 📷: Christopher Smith