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Prize winners of the Cello Competition:
Nataliya Shakhovskaya (USSR, 1st prize), Leslie Parnas (USA, 2nd prize) and Natalya Gutman (USSR, 3rd prize)
Mstislav Rostropovich (USSR), Chairman of the jury of the Cello Competition, and Grigoriy Pyatigorskiy (USA), judge of the jury
John Ogdon (Great Britain) – 1st prize winner of the Piano Competition
Vladimir Ashkenazy (USSR) – 1st prize winner of the Piano Competition
David Oistrakh, Leonid Kogan (USSR), Efrem Zimbalist (USA), Mstislav Rostropovich (USSR) at the opening of the 2nd Competition
Students of Moscow Military Music School during Competition opening at the monument to Pyotr Tchaikovsky

The first competition was a realm of stormy emotions. The second one gave more food for thought… The common level of this competition was noticeably higher, the picture in general was much more interesting than in 1958. Every musician is a unique talent!

Heinrich Neuhaus

Competition laureates

Piano

1st Prize

John Ogdon (UK)

Vladimir Ashkenazy (USSR)
2nd Prize

Susan Starr (USA)

Yin Chengzong (China)
3rd Prize

Eliso Virsaladze (USSR)
4th Prize

Марина Мдивани (СССР)
5th Prize

Валерий Камышов (СССР)
6th Prize

Кристиан Бийо (Франция)

Алексей Наседкин (СССР)

Violin

1st Prize

Boris Gultnikov (USSR)
2nd Prize

Shmuel Ashkenazi (Israel)

Irina Bochkova (USSR)
3rd Prize

Nina Beilina (USSR)

Yoko Kubo (Japan)
4th Prize

Альберт Маков (СССР)
5th Prize

Эдуард Грач (СССР)
6th Prize

Вадим Селицкий (СССР)
7th Prize

Александр Мельников (СССР)

Бетти Джин Хейген (Канада)

Cello

1st Prize

Natalya Shakhovskaya (USSR)
2nd Prize

Лесли Парнас (США)

Valentin Feigin (USSR)
3rd Prize

Natalya Gutman (USSR)

Mikhail Khomitser (USSR)
4th Prize

Ласло Мезё (Венгрия)
5th Prize

Дуглас Дейвис (США)
6th Prize

Тоби Эллен Сакс (США)

Jury

Emil Gilels (Chairman)

Lev Vlasenko (Executive Secretary)

Nina Emelyanova

Dmitry Kabalevsky

Boris Lyatoshinsky

Lev Oborin

Pavel Serebryakov

Yakov Flier (USSR)

Guido Agosti (Italy)

Thomas Armstrong (Great Britain)

Arno de Gonto Biron (France)

Bruno Seidlhofer (Austria)

Pal Kados (Hungary)

Eugene List (USA)

Florika Muzicescu (Romania)

Josef Palenicek (Czechoslovakia)

Veselin Stoyanov (Bulgaria)

Magda Tagliafero (Brazil)

He Lu-Ting (China)

David Oistrakh (Chairman)

Irakli Beridze (Executive Secretary)

Kara Karaev

Leonid Kogan

Aram Khachaturian

Tikhon Khrennikov

Dmitry Tsyganov (USSR)

Vladimir Avramov (Bulgaria)

Grajina Bacevich (Poland)

George Georgescu (Romania)

Fernan Keene (Belgium)

Ma Xi-Tsung (China)

Olavi Pessonen (Finland)

Alexander Plocek (Czechoslovakia)

Remigio Principe (Italy)

Joseph Sigheti (Switzerland)

Ephraim Zimbalist (USA)

Fritz Ehlers (GDR)

Mstislav Rostropovich (Chairman)

Jurgis Karnavičius (Executive Secretary)

Vladimir Vlasov

Eugen Kapp

Svyatoslav Knushevitsky

Alexander Sveshnikov

Daniil Shafran (USSR)

Kazimir Vilkomirsky (Poland)

Henri Ganeben (Switzerland)

Gaspar Cassado (Spain)

Liu Yuan-Qin (China)

Maurice Marechal (France)

Grigory Piatigorsky (USA)

Bence Sabolci (Hungary)

Karel Sadlo (Czechoslovakia)

August Eichhorn (GDR)

Ginzi Yamane (Japan)

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