Archives from the Competition

June 12, 2015 Diana

Delve into the history of the XV International Tchaikovsky Competition thanks to these archive pictures from the Tchaikovsky Competition – featuring Van Cliburn, Dmitri Shostakovich, Nikita Krushchev, Boris Berezovsky, Gidon Kremer, Daniil Trifonov and many others.

Van Cliburn performing in the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory for the I International Tchaikovsky Competition in 1958.


Van Cliburn and Emil Gilels, 1958


Nikita Khrushchev congratulates Van Cliburn after he receives the Gold Medal at the I International Tchaikovsky Competition in 1958.


Van Cliburn shaking hands with Dmitri Shostakovich.


Van Cliburn in the streets of Moscow, 1958


Vladimir Ashkenazy at the II International Tchaikovsky Competition in 1962.


Nikita Krushchev (middle) poses with the two first prize ex-aequo of the II International Tchaikovsky Competition in piano: Vladimir Ashkenazy and John Ogdon (1962).


The audience of the II International Tchaikovsky Competition in 1962 (Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory).


Misha Dichter, Emil Gilels, and Grigory Sokolov, 1st Prize winner at the 1966 International Tchaikovsky Competition.


Singer Jane Marsh, 1st Prize winner at the 1966 International Tchaikovsky Competition


The Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory in 1966.


Gidon Kremer, 1st Prize winner at the 1970 Tchaikovsky Competition.


Mstislav Rostropovich presiding over the cello jury at the 1970 Tchaikovsky Competition.


Mstislav Rostropovich and the 1970 Tchaikovsky Competition 1st Prize winner in the cello category, David Geringas.


Violinist David Oistrakh presiding over the violin jury for the 1974 Tchaikovsky Competition.


Mikhail Pletnev receiving the 1st Prize at the 1978 Tchaikovsky Competition (piano category).


Soprano Deborah Voigt, 1st Prize winner at the IX International Tchaikovsky Competition in 1990.


Boris Berezovsky at the IX International Tchaikovsky Competition in 1990.

Boris Berezovsky receiving the 1st Prize (piano category) at the IX International Tchaikovsky Competition in 1990.


Daniil Trifonov after his concerto performance at the XIV International Tchaikovsky Competition in 2011.


Pianist Daniil Trifonov receiving the 1st Prize and the Grand Prize at the XIV International Tchaikovsky Competition in 2011.