Judge Dennis Davis
The Babi Yar Symphony
Summary
A behind-the-scenes appreciation of Dmitri Shostakovich’s 1962 composition, Symphonie No. 13 in B-flat minor, Op. 113, better known as Babi Yar, after the Babi Yar massacre in Kiev, Ukraine, during World War II. Widely considered one of Shostakovich’s greatest musical achievements and a powerful testament to the tragedy of the Holocaust.
Judge Dennis Davis
Dennis Davis is a judge of the High Court of South Africa and judge president of the Competition Appeals Court of South Africa. He has held professorial appointments at the University of Cape Town and University of the Witwatersrand, as well as numerous visiting appointments at Cambridge, Harvard, New York University, and others. He has authored eleven books, including Lawfare: Judging Politics in South Africa.