The Second International Competition of Musicians-Performers P I Tchaikovsky

Arrival in Moscow of the jury members from the USA E. Tsimbalist and G. Pyatigorsky. Opening of the competition, speech at the opening of D. Shostakovich (synchronously). The meeting of the jury of the cello competition in the Column Hall of the House of Unions, performances of the participants of the competition, awarding the winners - N. Shakhovskoy (USSR), V. Feigin (USSR), L. Parnas (USA), N. Gutman (USSR) and others. Speeches by participants in the violin competition (synchronously), a meeting of the jury, awarding the winners - Soviet violinists B. Gutnikov, I. Bochkova, N. Bestlina, Sh. Ashkenazi (Israel), Yoko Kubo (Japan) and others. Speeches of the participants of the pianists' competition (synchronously): D. Ogdon (Great Britain), V. Ashkenazi (USSR), S. Starr (USA) and others. The work of the jury of the competition. Participation of musicians - performers and composers D. Shostakovich, A. Sveshnikov, D. Oistrakh, T. Khrennikov, L. Kogan, S. Krushevitsky, D. Shafran, M. Rostropovich, K. Karaev, D. Kabalevsky, E. Gilels, G. Neuhaus, L. Oborin and others in the work of the competition. Speeches by 11-year-old Japanese violinist Ekko Sato (synchronously), the Leningrad Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra under the direction of E. Mravinsky (synchronously), cellists M. Rostropovich, G. Kassado and G. Pyatigorsky (synchronously). Closing ceremony of the competition. Reception in the Kremlin in honor of the participants of the competition. A visit by the musicians to the PI Tchaikovsky House-Museum in Klin. Participation in official events of the competition of the leaders of the USSR: N. S. Khrushchev, L. I. Brezhnev, E. A. Furtseva, A. N. Kosygin, A. I. Mikoyan and others.

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1962