National Symphony Orchestra director Mstislav Rostropovich, center, is joined by Maxim Shostakovich, left, and his son Dmitri, at a press conference at the Kennedy Center to discuss the concert to be held on Friday, September 25 at the center in honor of the 75th birthday of their father and grandfather, composer Dmitri Shostakovich. Tuesday, Sept. 22, 1981, Washington, D.C. Maxim will conduct the concert and his son Dmitri will play the piano. Both men defected to the U.S. from the Soviet Union. (AP Photo/Charles Tasnadi)