Moscow Nights: The Van Cliburn Story-How One Man and His Piano Transformed the Cold War (87 page)

Pasternak, Boris, 62, 231–32, 237, 265

Pavlova, Anna, 256

Peking Hotel (Moscow), 126–27, 128, 131, 150–51, 164–65, 182

People’s Daily,
229, 319, 334

People’s Liberation Army, 317

People-to-People Program, 108

perestroika, 351, 359

Peters, Roberta, 256–57, 265–66, 267, 270, 330, 331–32, 362

Peterson, Oscar, 38

Petrov, Nikolai, 297

Petrushka
(Stravinsky), 79

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 210–11, 224

Philadelphia Orchestra, 79, 218, 335

Philharmonic Society of New York, 7

Philippines, 276, 337–38

Piano Concerto no. 1 (Liszt), 313

Piano Concerto no. 1 (Tchaikovsky).
See
First Piano Concerto (Tchaikovsky)

Piano Concerto no. 2 (Brahms), 267

Piano Concerto no. 2 in A Major (Liszt), 163

Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor (Rachmaninoff), 72

Piano Concerto no. 3 (Prokofiev), 255, 267, 283–84, 289

Piano Concerto no. 3 (Rachmaninoff), 10, 109–10, 204, 284

Piano Sonata (Barber), 146, 147

Pierre Hotel (NYC), 200, 202, 215, 217, 338

Plaza Hotel, 236–37

Plisetskaya, Maya, 303

Podgorny, Nikolai, 333

Politburo, 2–3, 51

Pollack, Daniel

Eisenhower’s mention of, 186

in first Tchaikovsky Competition, 109, 114, 129, 133–34, 147, 163

Frankel’s mention of, 160

Moscow Radio and, 186

as new Juilliard student, 43

Richter and, 149

supper at Thompsons’ and, 188

Pollack, Noemi, 129, 134

Polonaise in A-flat Major, op. 53 (Chopin), 132

Poulson, Norris, 247

Powers, Barbara, 273

Powers, Gary, 257–59, 265–66, 273

Prague Spring, 316

Pravda

on America and Britain, 48

on
Doctor Zhivago,
231

Frankel and, 159

on Khrushchev in Washington, 242

on Khrushchev’s death, 328

Shostakovich on Van in, 179

on Tchaikovsky Competition, 115

on Van in
We Will Meet Again,
272

Pravda Ukrainy, 295

Prelude and Fugue in B-flat Minor (Bach), 136

Prelude and Fugue in G-sharp Minor (Taneyev), 145

Presidium of the Central Committee

attempt to oust Khrushchev, 89–90

Beria removed from, 61

Cuban Missile Crisis and, 301

Khrushchev’s changes in, 85

Khrushchev’s retirement and, 306–7

Khrushchev’s slashing of armed forces and, 252

members at Stalin’s funeral, 57–58

Stalin replacement of Politburo with, 51

Presley, Elvis

in U.S. Army, 120

Van compared to, 189, 206, 209, 224, 225, 269, 283, 340

Price, Leontyne, 344, 348

Project Dragon Lady, 257

Prokofiev, Lina, 27, 58, 267

Prokofiev, Sergei

Central Committee’s judgment of, 231

death of, 58

defection to U.S., 10

at House of Creativity, 264

Piano Concerto no. 3, 255, 267, 283–84, 289, 324

Richter’s performance of, 187

Romeo and Juliet,
236

Rostropovich and, 141

Seventh Sonata, 187

Shtarkman’s performance of, 146

Stalin’s turning on, 26–27

Van’s performances of, 65, 72

Van’s study of, 42

Pryor, “Cactus,” 311

psychological warfare, 80, 86, 221

Putin, Vladimir and Mrs., 363–64

Queen Elisabeth Competition, 113, 130–31

R-7 rockets, 87, 99, 257, 258

Rachmaninoff, Sergei

choir singing of, 362

Concerto no. 3 in D Minor, 154

death of, 33

Don Cossacks and, 9–10

“Étude-Tableau” op. 33 in E-flat Minor, 134, 136

“Étude-Tableau,” op. 39, no. 5., 154

favorite piano of, 37

grave of, 193, 216–17

in Los Angeles, 11

in New York City, 9–10

Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor, 72

Piano Concerto no. 3, 10, 109–10, 204, 284, 363

popularity of, 224

Rildia Bee and, 15–17, 107–8, 110

Romanticism and, 3

short story about, 8–10

Shreveport visit, 16–17, 70

Tchaikovsky Competition and, 109

Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto and, 8

as Van’s hero, 18, 19, 36, 255

Van’s performances of, 72, 136–37, 154–55, 162–63, 165–66, 179, 183, 192, 215, 223, 300, 315, 324

Van’s request for prize in name of, 194

radiation threats, 72–73

Radio Free Berlin Symphony, 283

Radio Moscow, 300, 302, 350

Random Harvest
(film), 344

Rangerettes (Kilgore), 63, 218, 225

Ravel, Maurice, 69, 71–72

Rayburn, Sam, 249, 313

RCA Victor, 168, 223–24

Reagan, Nancy, 351, 353, 354, 356, 357, 358, 363

Reagan, Ronald, 245, 348, 350, 351–58

Red Army, 86–87

Red Detachment of Women
(Chinese ballet), 332–33

Red Guards, 317, 318–19

Red Queen.
See
Elisabeth, Queen of Belgium

Red Scare, 29–30, 73–74, 263, 266–67

Red Square (Moscow)

1936 show trials, 84

GUM (State Department Store), 144

Khrushchev watching troops in, 196

as oversize funeral parlor, 350

Stalin’s funeral, 57

Van’s first view of, 126

Van’s visits to, 289, 361

Reid, Lillian, 151

Reiner, Fritz, 284

Reisenberg, Nadia, 67

Requiem Mass (Mozart), 103

Reuben’s (NYC), 108, 215

revisionism, Soviet, 111, 229, 282, 318

Reykjavik, Iceland, 351–52

Rhapsody in G Minor (Brahms), 336

Rhapsody on a Theme (Paganini), 324

Rhodes, Nola, 102

Richter, Sviatoslav

gay witch hunt and, 232–33

Gilels compared to, 79

Mikhailov on, 180

Mozart and, 136

at Pasternak’s funeral, 265

on piano jury, 106, 133, 137–39, 148–49, 152, 155, 158, 163

Prokofiev’s death and, 58

recital given by, 187, 198

Shetler and, 130

Stalin’s death and funeral and, 55, 56–57

at supper at Thompsons’, 188

Tchaikovsky Competition anticipation and, 115

U.S. tour by, 278

Van’s admiration for, 263

Rildia Bee O’Bryan Cliburn Organ, 362

Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai, 29–30

Rio de Janeiro International Piano Competition, 105

The Rite of Spring
(Stravinsky), 29

Robin Hood Dell, 315

Rodgers, Richard, 208

Rodzinkski, Beth, 361

Romanticism.
See
Russian Romanticism

Romeo and Juliet
(Prokofiev), 236

“Rondo” (Kabalevsky), 116, 148, 154

Rosenberg, Julius and Ethel, 8

Rostropovich, Mstislav (Slava), 141, 349, 353, 364

Rostropovich, Olga, 365

Rubinstein, Anton, 7, 16, 25, 41, 44–45, 158, 254

Rubinstein, Arthur, 11, 256

Rubinstein, Nikolai, 5–6, 7, 44–45, 153

Rusk, Dean, 298

Russia and Russians

as allies, 74

American bond with, 224

love for Van during Cold War, 1–3

love-hate relationship with U.S., 3–4

pride in Tchaikovsky, 106

Stalinist, 27–30

Van’s continued communication with, 287–88

Russian Jews, 44–45

Russian Revolution, 10–11, 26–27, 33, 99–100

Russian Romanticism

Anton Rubinstein and, 7

music out of fashion, 30

Rildia Bee and, 25

Rosina Lhévinne as link to, 33–34, 41–42

Van’s love and embodiment of, 34, 123, 137, 157–58, 176

Ruza River, 264–65

Saerchinger, César, 108

Salisbury Hotel, 285, 341, 342

SALT 1 agreement, 333

Salyut 1,
325

Samaroff, Olga, 45

Sanders, Donna, 74–75, 182, 198

San Francisco, California, 247–48

Satterwhite, Dottie, 344

Scali, John, 300, 302

Scarlatti, Domenico, 72

Scarsdale, New York, 224

Schiller, Madeline, 7

Schubart, Mark

angry letter to, 234

homosexuality of, 76

at Tchaikovsky Competition, 147–48, 166, 168

Van Cliburn International Piano Competition and, 297

Van’s impression on, 64–65

Van’s return to U.S. and, 203

Van selected for Tchaikovsky Competition and, 108–9, 117, 118, 119

Schubert, Franz, 30, 71, 187

Schuman, Bill

cultural exchanges and, 81, 108

Schubart’s cable to, 166

Van chosen for Tchaikovsky Competition and, 106

Van Cliburn International Piano Competition and, 297

Van in Brussels and, 217–18

Van’s return to U.S. and, 203, 206, 208

Van’s win and, 182–83

Schumann, Robert

Concerto in A Minor, 187, 224

Dichterliebe,
139

Rosalie Leventritt and, 71

Shtarkman’s performance of, 146

Toccata, 187

Van’s performances of, 67, 72, 236, 284, 324, 339