VI International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow

USSR. Moscow. Bolshoi Theatre of the USSR opera soloist Lyudmila Stepanovna Shemchuk, who won first prize and a gold medal, and the chairperson of the jury of the vocalists' competition, People's Artist of the USSR, Bolshoi Theatre of the USSR opera soloist Irina Konstantinovna Arkhipova (from left to right) at the awards ceremony for the winners of the VI International Tchaikovsky Competition in the Great Hall of the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory. Alexander Konkov, Valentin Kuzmin/TASS