On The Threshold Of The 2nd 100 Years Pt. 1 of 2

On The Threshold Of The 2nd 100 Years Pt. 1 of 2 100 yrs. anniversary centennial celebration of Moscow's Tchaikovsky Conservatory. People enter Conservatory hall, greet each other. Building decorated from outside w/ lights. Plate of honor for excellency of conservatory’s graduates. Pictures of graduates: Rachmaninoff, Scriabin. Various shots of young pianists - international prize winners, newspaper articles w/ various year conservatory’s international prize winners. 17:02:28 Archival film of some of those gathering for celebrations in hall including David Oistrakh. Flashbacks of conservatory’s teachers. Various shots of Moscow’s artists performances in other countries. Rostropovich. Leopold Stokowsk conducting orchestra in conservatory's hall, other young artists get their first recording. Von Cliburn bows & w/ Prof. Gills (?). 17:05:02 1942 Professor Gills(?) performs on grand piano next to planes on airfield as plane flies over, solders listen. Empty hall. Pictures of conservatory’s founder Nicolay Krubinshtein(?) & of its first professors. Tchaikovsky - Big portraits of these two artists on stage for anniversary’s celebrations. Various officials make speeches incl. USSR culture minister- Jekaterina Furcova(?), Nicolay Jegorochev(?). Lenin's prize; drawing-pin put on conservatory’s flag, audience applaud. Rector’s Aleksander Sveshnikov speech. Soviet country representatives bring their presents on stage - flags, carpets, traditional outfits. 17:08:16 Soviet army’s delegates give their congratulations. Pioneers give their greetings w/ song. Conservatory’s student orchestra performs the same piece that Tchaikovsky played on opening 100 yrs. ago, painting of Tchaikovsky. Conductor. USSR Cultural History; Composer; Classical Music;