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Cliff, Nigel.
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Cliburn, Van, 1934-2013.
Cliburn, Van, 1934-2013 -- Travel -- Soviet Union.
Pianists -- United States -- Biography.
Music and diplomacy.
United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union.
Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States.
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Cliff, Nigel.
Cliburn, Van, 1934-2013.
Cliburn, Van, 1934-2013 -- Travel -- Soviet Union.
Pianists -- United States -- Biography.
Music and diplomacy.
United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union.
Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States.
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Moscow nights : the Van Cliburn story : how one man and his piano transformed the Cold War / Nigel Cliff.
by
Cliff, Nigel.
Harper, 2016.
Call #:
786.2092 C636c
Subjects
Cliburn, Van, 1934-2013.
Cliburn, Van, 1934-2013 -- Travel -- Soviet Union.
Pianists -- United States -- Biography.
Music
and
diplomacy
.
United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union.
Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States.
ISBN:
9780062333162 (hc.)
Edition:
First edition.
Description:
viii, 452 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
First movement: sognando. The prodigy ; Room 412 ; The successor ; Van Cliburn Days ; The secret speech ; The red moon -- Second movement: volante. To Russia, with love ; "Vanya, Vanyusha!" ; "We are in orbit" ; "American Sputnik" ; The last romantic ; "He played the piano and the world was his" ; "He's better than Elvis by far!" ; In the heat of the kitchen ; Khrushchev in the capitalist den ; Back in the USSR ; Sole
diplomacy
; Endgame -- Third movement: pianoforte. America's pianist ; Great expectations ; The summit -- Coda.
Summary:
"A remarkable young Texan pianist, Van Cliburn, who played his way through the wall of fear built by the Cold War, won the hearts of the American and Russian people, and eased tensions between two superpowers on the brink of nuclear war. In 1958, an unheralded twenty-three-year-old piano prodigy from Texas traveled to Moscow to compete in a musical competition. The Soviets had no intention of bestowing their coveted prize on an unknown American; a Russian pianist had already been chosen to win. Yet when the gangly Texan with the shy grin took the stage and began to play, he instantly captivated an entire nation. The Soviet people were charmed by Van Cliburn’s extraordinary talent, passion, and fresh-faced innocence, but it was his palpable love for the
music
that earned their devotion; for many, he played more like a Russian than their own musicians. As enraptured crowds mobbed Cliburn's performances, pressure mounted to award him the competition prize. "Is he the best?" Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev demanded of the judges. "In that case . . . give him the prize!" Cliburn became, for a time, an ambassador of hope for two dangerously hostile superpowers."--Provided by publisher.
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