Remembering Van Cliburn at the 1958 Tchaikovsky Competition

View the 1958 Tchaikovsky Competition Program: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1T4N_... Listen to Van Cliburn's complete Tchaikovsky Competition performances: https://open.spotify.com/album/1WYPS3... 0:00 Jerry's non-socialist program 4:51 Van Cliburn's program 6:21 Going to the Soviet Union was like going to the moon 10:17 Stories about Vladimir Ashkenazy, Lazar Berman, and their future wives 16:04 Meeting Nikita Khrushchev and Heinrich Neuhaus 18:35 Hearing Sviatoslav Richter and playing Scriabin at Scriabin's home 24:47 Misbehaving in Moscow 27:16 Van Cliburn, diplomat 33:30 Other competitors: Naum Shtarkman, Lev Vlassenko, Daniel Pollack 37:41 Contrasting Cliburn's playing with the Russians' 39:29 How Cliburn got back at the world 42:31 Did Cliburn get too famous? 44:40 Final reflections on Van and the Competition Thank you to Leora Lowenthal for helping arrange this interview, and to Jerry Lowenthal for sharing his memories with the world. --   / benlawdy     / benlaude   https://benlaude.com/