Which composer, born in 1906, created the 'Leningrad' Symphony (No. 7) during the siege of that city in 1941, and dedicated it to the citizens resisting the blockade?

• A Sergei Prokofiev
• B Aram Khachaturian
• C Georgy Sviridov
• D Dmitri Shostakovich ✓

Shostakovich's Seventh Symphony became a symbol of resistance; a microfilmed score was flown to the West, and it was performed by starving musicians during the siege itself.