Despite the censorship of several of his more politically provocative works in the late 1970s and the 1980s, he remained an incredibly celebrated composer whose works were performed throughout the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe.
Trots att ett flertal av hans mer politiskt provocerande stycken censurerades under 1970- och 1980-talen, behöll han positionen som hyllad kompositör och hans verk framfördes i både Sovjetunionen och Östeuropa.