Moscow Conservatory (1977)

The Conservatory building.

The dressing room and the staircase of the Great Hall of the Conservatory with portraits of great composers.

Listeners of the Great Hall of the Conservatory in the foyer and in the hall. S. Richter with the orchestra on stage.

The audience applauds the orchestra.

The examination committee listens to applicants.

Applicants prepare for performances: warm up their hands, reread the notes, discuss their performances in the corridors.

Conservatory students spend time in the dormitory, evening get-togethers and socializing.

Various sports activities: playing table tennis, basketball, swimming in the pool.

The Conservatory teacher gives a piano lesson to a student.

Monument to P. I. Tchaikovsky in front of the Moscow Conservatory.

Concert Hall of the Conservatory.

Tchaikovsky Competition.

Jury: D. Oistrakh, E. Shlels, A. Khachaturian and other famous musicians and composers.

Performances by contestants: pianists, E. Obraztsov in the opera Carmen, scenes from the opera Eugene Onegin (L. Chernykh and V. Zhiltsov), from the opera La Bohème.

Parallel footage of the audience applauding.

Classes by V. G. Dulova with her students.

Composers' class.

Scene from the ballet The Fly-Tsokotukha.

Landscape with a river.

Students in a village.

Women in sarafans sing Russian folk songs and dance.

Students record a performance of Russian folk songs on a tape recorder.

Views of Russian nature: endless fields, forests, haystacks against the backdrop of the sunset.

Kuskovo Palace on the river bank.

Students in the palace. L. B. Kogan talks to his student before a performance and listens to the student's performance.

Chronicle of the 1930s - Children's orchestra.

State collection of rare instruments - views of various violins on display.

Guarneri violin.

Shots of the Great Hall of the Conservatory are interspersed with shots of composers' portraits and music lessons.

A choir on the seashore in Crimea against the backdrop of antique columns.