The film report is dedicated to the II International Music Competition named after P.I. Tchaikovsky, which took place in Moscow in the spring of 1962.
E.A. Mravinsky conducts the orchestra.
Winter natural landscapes. P.I. Tchaikovsky's house in Votkinsk.
Rooms of the house.
Photographs.
Orchestrion (orchestrina).
Portrait of W.A. Mozart.
A girl plays the piano.
Girls play four hands.
Vilnius School of Arts, piano and violin duet.
The school orchestra plays.
Views of Tbilisi.
The string orchestra plays.
Views of Moscow.
The musicians descend the gangway and greet their Soviet colleagues.
The violinist sits on the windowsill and looks out the window.
The meeting hall of the Kremlin Palace of Congresses, the Politburo is ascending the tribune.
General view of the hall. N.S. Khrushchev. E.A. Furtseva opens the meeting dedicated to the II International Tchaikovsky Competition.
Applause from the audience.
Mravinsky E.A. -- conductor
teacher
People's Artist of the USSR
Honored Artist of the RSFSR
Hero of Socialist Labor. Khrushchev N.S. -- Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR
Hero of the Soviet Union
Three times Hero of Socialist Labor. Furtseva E.A. -- state and party figure
Minister of Culture of the USSR.
Udmurt Republic Vilnius Tbilisi Moscow
Winter Spring
D.D. Shostakovich speaking at the podium.
Applause from the audience.
General view of the audience.
The lights go on in the Column Hall of the House of Unions.
The audience and the jury take their seats.
View of the audience from above.
Chairman of the jury of the cello competition M.L. Rostropovich. G.P. Pyatigorsky. G. Casado y Moreu. M. Mareschal. D.B. Shafran. A.V. Sveshnikov and S.N. Knushevitsky. V.A. Vlasov. K. Vilkomirsky. J. Ginzi. K.P. Sadlo.
Representatives of Switzerland and Hungary. A. Eichhorn (GDR).
Liu Yuan Jin (China).
Japanese cellist Takeichiro Katsuaki Hirai.
Finnish cellist Erkki Ilmari Rautio, sonata by P.A. Lacotelli.
Applause from the audience. L. Mezo, Rhapsody by B. Bartok.
Polish cellist M. Shchudlowska, Nocturne by P. I. Tchaikovsky.
Members of the jury. V. Ya.
Feigin, Nocturne by P. I. Tchaikovsky.
Applause from the audience. D. Domb, Concerto for Cello and Piano by A. I. Khachaturian.
American cellist T. E. Sax comes on stage.
Alternation: members of the jury, view of the audience. T. E. Sax, "The Minstrel's Song" by A. K. Glazunov.
Shostakovich D.D. -- composer
pianist
teacher
professor
musical and social figure
Doctor of Arts. Rostropovich M.L. -- cellist
conductor
public figure
People's Artist of the USSR. Pyatigorsky G.P. -- Russian and American cellist and teacher. Casado y Moreu G. -- Spanish cellist
composer
teacher. Marechal M. -- French cellist
teacher. Shafran D.B. -- Soviet cellist
People's Artist of the USSR. Sveshnikov A.V. -- Soviet conductor
choirmaster
People's Artist of the USSR
Hero of Socialist Labor. Knushevitsky S.N. -- Soviet cellist
Professor of the Moscow Conservatory
Honored Artist of the RSFSR V.A. Vlasov -- Soviet composer
violinist
music critic
People's Artist of the RSFSR. Vilkomirsky K. -- Polish cellist
teacher. Sadlo K.P. -- Czech cellist
Author of textbooks. Mezo L. -- Hungarian cellist
ensemble performer
Laureate of the Liszt Prize. Feigin V.Ya. -- Soviet cellist
Honored Artist of the RSFSR
People's Artist of the Russian Federation. Domb D. -- American cellist
Bachelor of Music
Master of Natural Sciences. Khrushchev N.S.
Moscow
Spring
The running line is a quote by P.I. Tchaikovsky.
The monument to P.I. Tchaikovsky in the courtyard of the Moscow Conservatory.
People in front of the Great Hall of the Conservatory.
The auditorium.
Chairman of the jury of the violin competition D.F. Oistrakh. E.A. Tsymbalist. D. Szigeti. L.B. Kogan. A.I. Khachaturian. K.A. Karayev. D.M. Tsyganov. D. Giorgescu.
Ma Si-Tsun. G. Batsevich. A. Plotsek. F. Quinet. V.A. Avramov. F. Ehlers (GDR). O.S. Pesonen. R. Principe (Italy).
Chinese student of the Moscow Conservatory Sheng Zhong-Guo, "Melancholic Serenade" by P.I. Tchaikovsky. P. Messierre, Concerto No. 3 by W.A. Mozart.
French violinist N. Gotkowski.
Applause. I.V. Bochkova with B.L. Gutnikov before the performance.
Winter landscape.
Dacha of the USSR Ministry of Culture.
Alternation: musicians preparing to participate in the competition, children looking out the windows. I.V. Bochkova, Scherzo-Tarantella by G.I. Wieniawski.
Members of the jury.
Japanese violinist Yoko Kubo, Caprice by N. Paganini. D.B. Kabalevsky.
Colombian violinist Carlos Villa, Competition Rondo by D.B. Kabalevsky.
Oistrakh D.F. -- violinist
violist
conductor
teacher
People's Artist of the USSR. Zimbalist E.A. -- Russian and American violinist
composer
teacher. Szigeti D. (J.) -- Hungarian and American violinist
author of arrangements for concerts. Kogan L.B. -- violinist
People's Artist of the USSR. Khachaturian A.I. -- composer
musical and social figure
People's Artist of the USSR
Academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Armenian SSR. Karaev K.A. -- Soviet Azerbaijani composer
professor
public figure
Honored Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR
People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR
Hero of Socialist Labor. Tsyganov D.M. -- Soviet violinist
Honored Artist of the RSFSR
People's Artist of the USSR. Georgescu D. -- Romanian conductor
People's Artist of the SRR
Academician Ma Si-Tsung -- Chinese composer
violinist
Professor at the Institute of Fine Arts, Central University, Nanjing
Deputy Chairman of the Union of Chinese Musicians. Bacewicz G. -- Polish violinist
pianist
accompanist
choreographer
musicologist. Plocek A. -- Czechoslovak violinist
Professor of the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague. Kiene F. -- Belgian cellist
conductor. Avramov V.A. -- Bulgarian violinist
People's Artist of the NRB. Pesonen O.S. -- Finnish organist
conductor. Messierre P. -- Czech violinist
teacher of the Prague Conservatory. Bochkova I.V. -- Soviet violinist
People's Artist of Russia
Professor of the Moscow State Conservatory named after P.I. Tchaikovsky
Head of the Violin Department. Gutnikov B.L. -- Soviet violinist
People's Artist of the RSFSR. Kabalevsky D.B. -- Soviet composer
pianist
Doctor of Arts
Academician of the Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of the USSR
Hero of Socialist Labor
People's Artist of the USSR.
Moscow Moscow region
Winter Spring
Israeli violinist Sh.
Ashkenazy enters the stage.
Members of the jury.
Sh.
Ashkenazy performs an etude.
Applause from the audience.
Meeting of the cello jury.
View of the hall from above.
Third round of the cello competition, compulsory program "Variations on a Rococo Theme" by P. I. Tchaikovsky with orchestra, conductor Yu. V. Silantyev. N. G. Gutman enters the stage.
Performance by N. G. Gutman.
American cellist L. Parnas.
Yu. V. Silantyev.
Jurgen de Lemos (FRG).
Panorama of the hall. N. N. Shakhovskaya.
Applause from the audience.
Award ceremony of the cellists.
Musicians in the store.
Music collections.
Musicians exchanging autographs. D. Domb and J. Kubo choosing souvenirs.
The jury visiting M. L. Rostropovich.
Gutman N.G. - Soviet cellist
teacher
Honored Artist of the RSFSR
People's Artist of the USSR. Silantiev Yu.V. -- conductor
violinist
composer
People's Artist of the USSR. Shakhovskaya N.N. -- Soviet cellist
People's Artist of the USSR. Feigin V.Ya. Domb D. Rostropovich M.L.
Moscow
Spring
The third round of the violin competition, the compulsory program "Violin Concerto" by P.I. Tchaikovsky and orchestra.
Orchestra on stage, conductor G.N.Rozhdestvensky. B.L.Gutnikov.
Sh.
Ashkenazy. Y.Kubo.
Conductor K.P.Kondrashin. N.M.Beylina.
Applause from the audience.
American pianist S.Starr at a rehearsal.
Intro: S.Starr, Van Cliburn at the 1st International Tchaikovsky Competition.
Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, jury of pianists.
Chairman of the jury E.G.Gilels. L.N.Oborin. D.B.Kabalevsky. P.A.Serebryakov.
Ya.V.Flier. N.P.Emelyanova. B.N.Lyatoshinsky. L.Yongen.
Yu.
Liszt.
He Lu Ting.
French Marquis de Gontaut Biron. J. Palenicek. P. Kadosha. M. Tagliaferro and V. A. Stoyanov. F. Muzichescu. H. Sztompka.
Bruno Seidlgofer (Austria). G. Agosti. T. Armstrong (Great Britain).
The beginning of the 1st round is announced.
Portrait of P. I. Tchaikovsky.
Filipino pianist M. L. Lontoc, etude-painting by S. V. Rachmaninoff.
Dissolve: Indian pianist Rumi Rutton Nanavati, cities of India. R. R. Nanavati, "Pictures at an Exhibition" by M. P. Mussorgsky.
Romanian pianist J. Molnar, suite by D. Enescu.
Rozhdestvensky G.N. -- conductor
pianist
composer
teacher
professor
People's Artist of the RSFSR and the USSR
Honored Artist of the RSFSR
Hero of Socialist Labor. Kondrashin K.P. -- conductor
People's Artist of the USSR
Honored Artist of the RSFSR. H.L. Cliburn (Van Cliburn) -- famous American pianist. N.M. Beylina -- Soviet-American violinist. Gilels E.G. -- Soviet pianist
Honored Artist of the RSFSR
Hero of Socialist Labor. Oborin L.N. -- Soviet pianist
Honored Artist of the RSFSR. Serebryakov P.A. -- Soviet pianist
public figure
Honored Artist of the Uzbek SSR. Flier Ya.V. -- Soviet pianist
Honored Artist of the RSFSR. Emelyanova N.P. -- Soviet pianist
musicologist
People's Artist of the RSFSR
Honored Artist of the RSFSR. Lyatoshinsky B.N. -- Soviet Ukrainian composer
conductor
People's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR
Honored Artist of the Ukrainian SSR. Jongen L. -- Belgian composer
teacher. Liszt Yu. -- American pianist
film actor. He Lu Ting -- Chinese composer. Palenicek J. -- Czech pianist
People's Artist of Czechoslovakia. Kadosha P. -- Hungarian pianist
People's Artist of the Hungarian People's Republic. Tialaferro M. -- Brazilian-French pianist
teacher Stoyanov V.A. -- Bulgarian pianist
politician
People's Artist of the NRB
Hero of Socialist Labor of the NRB. Muzichesku F. -- Romanian pianist
teacher at the Bucharest Conservatory. Sztompka H. -- Polish pianist
Professor and Vice-Rector of the State Higher School of Music in Krakow. Agosti G. -- Italian pianist
teacher. Gutnikov B.L. Kabalevsky D.B.
Moscow
Spring
Applause from the audience, the royal box, the Queen of Belgium in the center.
Brazilian pianist F. Varani, a piece by E. Villa-Lobos (E. Villa-Lobos).
Dissolve: pianist, Brazilian folk dances. E. Virsaladze, Sonata No. 2 by S. Prokofiev.
Cuban student of the Moscow Conservatory S. Tieles, an etude by F. Chopin.
Dissolve: the pianist's hands, Cuban revolutionaries. S. Tieles at the piano.
Frenchwoman K. Billaud, competition toccata by A. Perumov.
Faces of the audience. J. B. Pommier, a sonata by W. A. Mozart.
Piano strings.
Soviet pianist V. Kamyshov, etude "Mazeppa" by F. Liszt. D.E.G.Ogdon, oriental fantasy "Islamey" by M.A.Balakirev.
Jury meeting.
Monument to A.S.Pushkin.
Musicians bring flowers to the monument.
Musicians on a walk in a birch grove.
Klin, house-museum of P.I.Tchaikovsky.
Competition participants, jury members and the Queen of Belgium on an excursion to the museum.
Elizabeth of Bavaria -- Queen of Belgium. Virsaladze E.K. -- Soviet Georgian pianist
teacher
People's Artist of the USSR
People's Artist of the Georgian SSR. Pommier J.B. -- French pianist and conductor. Ogdon D.E.G. -- British pianist and composer. Benowets D. -- American pianist
teacher.
Moscow Moscow region
Spring
Spectators at the entrance to the hall, people entering.
Third round of the piano competition, compulsory program, conductor G.N.Rozhdestvensky, S.Starr enters the stage.
View of the hall. S.Starr, "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini" by S.V.Rachmaninoff. D.E.G.Ogdon, Piano Concerto No. 1 by F.Liszt.
Compulsory program, Piano Concerto No. 1 by P.I.Tchaikovsky, G.N.Rozhdestvensky and V.D.Ashkenazy enter the stage.
Applause from the audience.
The Queen of Belgium in the box. V.D.Ashkenazy performs.
Chinese student of the Leningrad Conservatory Yin Cheng-Tsung. M.V.Mdivani.
Applause from the audience.
Closing ceremony of the competition. T.N.Khrennikov announcing the winners among violinists. D.D. Shostakovich presents awards.
Mdivani M.V. -- Georgian pianist
People's Artist of the Georgian SSR. Khrennikov T.N. -- composer
teacher
professor
musical and social figure. Ashkenazi V.D. - Soviet and Icelandic pianist and conductor. Elizabeth of Bavaria. Rozhdestvensky G.N. Ogdon D.E.G. Shostakovich D.D. Gutnikov B.L. Bochkova I.V.
Moscow
Spring
Presentation of awards to the winners among pianists.
United orchestra of music school students, waltz from the ballet "Swan Lake".
Contest participants at a government reception. N.S. Khrushchev congratulates the musicians.
The musicians say goodbye to their friends and board the plane.
The plane takes off.
A blooming garden.
Ashkenazi V.D. Ogdon D.E.G. Virsaladze E.K. Khrushchev N.S.
Moscow
Spring