Dmitri Shostakovich's Piano Sonata No. 2 in B minor, Op. 61 was composed in 1943 in Samara, where he had been evacuated due to the Siege of Leningrad, and was premiered by Shostakovich himself on June 6, soon after moving to Moscow. It was his first piano composition since the 1933 Preludes op.34.
| Date of composition | 1943 in Russia, Samarskaya oblast, Samara |
| Premiered | 1943, June 6th in Russia, Moscow by Dmitri Shostakovitch |
| Type | Sonata |
| Tonality | B Minor |
| Catalogue | Op. 61 |
| Approx. duration | 28 minutes |
| Instruments | Piano |
| Autotranslations beta |
Dmitri Chostakovitch: Sonate pour piano n°2 en si mineur, Op. 61 Dmitrij Šostakovič: Sonata per pianoforte n. 2 in si minore, Op. 61 Dmitri Dmitrijewitsch Schostakowitsch: Sonate Nr. 2 für Klavier h-moll, Op. 61 |