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Valery Gergiev: The Tchaikovsky Competition – 'A Glorious Past, a Vibrant Future'

Valery Gergiev speaks about the glorious history of the Tchaikovsky Competition and wishes good luck to this year's competitors.

Violin: Qualifying Candidates

Meet with some of the successful violinists selected to participate in the First Round of the Competition!

Violin: The results of the auditions!

The list of candidates selected to compete in the First Round of the Violin Competition has been unveiled!

Piano: Qualifying Candidates

Tim Burgess followed and interviewed some of the piano candidates during the jury deliberations on June 12. The preliminary audition results named 35 successful pianists who are going to compete in…

Olga Golodets: A Message of Welcome

Olga Golodets, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation and Co-chair of the organizing committee of the XV International Tchaikovsky Competition, speaks about the Competition.

Van Cliburn's performance at Carnegie Hall (1958) – In Partnership with WQXR

On May 19, 1958, some five weeks after winning the first Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, Van…

Choice of instrument: how to make a difficult decision?

From this morning pianists selected for the First round of the Tchaikovsky Competition are given the time to choose among four concert pianos for their performance.

Piano: Candidate Confidence

A hard day's night

On Friday, June 12, the first violin auditions started while pianists were ready for the announcement of the preliminary results...

Piano: The results of the auditions!

Discover the 35 piano candidates selected for the first round of the Competition!