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debut at, as prize, 297–98
Gilels at, 79
Josef Lhévinne at, 33
Rachmaninoff at, 10
Tchaikovsky at, 7, 77
Van and Kondrashin at, 201–2
Van in audience of, 38
Van performing at, 70–71, 202–4, 215, 284, 324
Carnegie Hall Tavern, 78
Carpenter, Liz, 311, 312–13
Carter, Jimmy, 348
Cassidy, Claudia, 102
Castle Bravo test, 72–73
Castro, Fidel, 234–35, 279, 289, 294, 296, 302–3
Catcher in the Rye, 316
Central Baptist Church (Moscow), 273, 333
Central Committee of Communist Party. See also Presidium of the Central Committee
attack on Shostakovich and Prokofiev, 27–28
Bulganin removed from, 230–31
commission against formalist tendencies, 304
confession of errors by, 231
Kaftanov’s message to, 161–62
Khrushchev named first secretary of, 62
Khrushchev’s letter to, 84
Khrushchev’s retirement accepted by, 307
musical festival approved by, 95
plenum on plot against Khrushchev, 90
Stalin’s accusations of treason in, 83
Stalin’s funeral and, 57–58
Stalin’s package from, 47
Van investigated by, 167
Central Exhibition Hall, 282
Central House of Literary Workers, 140
Central Music School, 193
Central Philharmonic (China), 335
Chaliapin, Feodor, 256
Chapin, Betty Steinway, 71, 103, 182
Chapin, Schuyler, 71–72, 103, 119
Chasins, Abram, 67, 202, 208, 215
Chautauqua, New York, 64
Chautauquan, 64
Chebotaryova, Comrade, 179
Chernenko, Konstantin, 350
Cheryomushki (Shostakovich), 231
Chicago, Illinois, 73, 218, 362
Chicago Daily News, 249
Chicago Sun-Times, 249
Chicago Symphony, 284
Chicago Tribune, 268
Children’s World (Moscow), 144
China
American tour of, 93–94
Cultural Revolution, 317–20, 335–36
fall to Mao Zedong’s Communists, 29
Liu Shikun’s life in, 111–12, 178, 360
Mao and Khrushchev, 229–30, 251, 253
Nixon’s visit to, 329, 332, 335
nuclear device exploded by, 305
Soviet Union’s relationship with, 59, 111, 126–27, 306
Chinese Community Party, 266, 282
Chopin, Frédéric
Fantaisie in F Minor, 116, 117, 145, 164, 174, 254, 291
“Funeral March,” 56–57, 326
out of fashion, 30
piano saying of, 141
Polonaise in A-flat Major, op. 53, 132
Shtarkman and mold of, 146
Sonata in B Minor, 116, 117
Tchaikovsky Competition and, 109
Van’s performances of, 67, 69, 71–72, 136, 236, 254, 269, 283, 324, 339
Van’s practice of, 42
Churchill, Winston, 305
CIA
avant-garde music promotion advocated by, 221
Bay of Pigs and, 279
Castro suggested to be employed by, 235
chief Allen Dulles, 86
Congress for Cultural Freedom, 29
Doctor Zhivago and, 231
Operation Mongoose, 296
Soviet ships watched by, 296
State Department compared to, 80
U-2s, 257, 259
World Festival of Youth and Students and, 91
Cleveland Summer Orchestra, 72, 103
Cliburn, Mr. and Mrs. (Van’s parents)
at Carnegie Hall, 70
Cliburn, Harvey Lavan
career of, 15–16
concerns about Van, 285, 286
death of, 338
dream for Van, 18, 226
gun incident, 219–20
Van supported by, 18, 22–23, 66, 208
Cliburn, Rildia Bee O’Bryan
death of, 363
dinner in honor of, 225
on game show, 217
injury of, 103–5
overprotective reputation of, 76
Rachmaninoff and, 15–17, 107–8, 110
Rosina Lhévinne and, 31–32
Van’s birth and, 15, 19
Van’s gifts for, 200
Van’s gifts from, 285
Van’s move to New York and, 35, 36
as Van’s piano teacher, 17–19, 21–25, 34, 102, 136, 325
Van’s praise of, 270
Van’s retirement and, 343–47, 351, 352, 353, 360–62
Van’s romantic life and, 341–42
as Van’s tour manager, 286, 289–90, 295, 313, 325, 336, 338
in London, 217
move to Kilgore, 19–21
Rayburn’s call to, 249
Van Cliburn International Piano Competition and, 297
Van’s Leventritt award and, 69
Van’s messages and calls to, 119–20, 127, 135, 189
Van’s photos of, 45
Van’s relationship with, 25, 78–79
Van’s return to New York and, 199–202, 204, 206, 208, 215–17, 223
Van’s Tchaikovsky Competition win and, 167–68, 172, 180–82
at White House reception, 315
Cliburn, Van
alternative spirituality of, 314–15, 342, 346, 363
as American’s national pianist, 313
as American Sputnik, 177, 180
childhood of, 15–26
birth, 15, 19
early piano playing, 17–19
first performances, 22
in Kilgore, TX, 19–25
love of opera, 23
teenage years, 35
comeback tour, 362–63
dating and sexuality of, 74–75, 76–77, 210, 213, 233, 311–12, 341–42
death of, 365
as diplomat, natural, 188–89
draft board evaluation, 105
endowed scholarships, 321
honorary degrees, 321–22
illness of, 111, 115
at Juilliard School (See under Juilliard School)
love affair with Russians during Cold War, 1–3, 185, 186–95, 206, 208
low period in career, 101–5
outing of, 363–64
parents of (See Cliburn, Mr. and Mrs.)
popularity in American entertainment, 71–72, 214–17, 218–20, 222–28
pressure on, 214–15, 222–26
properties owned by, 285
retirement of, 338–48
seventieth-birthday tour, 364
speeches of, 346, 348
at Tchaikovsky Competition (See under First International Tchaikovsky Competition)
as Tchaikovsky Competition honorary chairman, 364
Cliburn Foundation, 351, 361
Cliff House (Tucson), 227
Coconut Palace, 337
Colbert, Claudette, 353
Cold War
cultural diplomacy, tension in, 221
end of, 359
homosexuality during, 74
Momism, 76
Stalin and, 26–27
Tchaikovsky Competition and, 3
U.S. government support of the arts and, 80–81
Van’s love affair with Russians during, 1–3
“Cold War cultural exchange,” 80, 211, 256–57
Colman, Ronald, 344
Columbia Artists Management, Inc. See CAMI
Columbia Records, 168
Cominform (Communist Information Bureau), 28
communism. See also Marxism-Leninism
Billy Graham crusade and, 104
Cultural Revolution in China, 317
Eisenhower and, 46
Eurocom
munism, 86
homosexuality linked to, 74–75, 76
Johnson’s paranoia about, 323
Khrushchev’s belief in, 84–85, 87, 100, 240, 241
Moscow as command center for, 143
Red Scare and, 29–30, 73–74, 104
regimes crumbled, 359
rivalry between China and Soviet Union, 229–30
Soviet youths and, 94
Communist Party. See also Central Committee of Communist Party
classes on history of, 57
Cuban, 235
Khrushchev’s speech to, 82–86, 111
Muscovites’ belief in, 92
Stalin’s death and, 53–55, 57–58, 59–62
Composers’ Union House of Creativity, 114
Concerto, B-flat (Brahms), 68
Concerto in A Minor (Schumann), 187, 224
Concerto in D Minor (Bach), 56
Concerto no. 3 in D Minor (Rachmaninoff), 154
Congress for Cultural Freedom, 29
Conover, Willis, 93
Constitution Hall, 212, 213, 300, 320, 324
Copland, Aaron, 28, 151
Cosmos Travel Bureau, 117, 118
Coward, Noël, 236
Coyne, Pat, 213
Cronkite, Walter, 266–67
Crowe, William, 357–58
Cuba, 234–35, 279, 289, 294, 296
Cuban Communist Party, 234
Cuban Missile Crisis, 298–303
Cukor, George, 76
Cultural and Scientific Congress for World Peace, 28
Cultural Revolution (China), 317–20, 335–36
Cutler, Robert, 213
Czar Bomba, 282, 283
Czechoslovakia, 316
Dacha no. 9, 292
Dahl, Arlene, 219, 342
Dallas Symphony Orchestra, 42
Daniel, Price, 225
Davis, Richard, 147, 189, 191–92
The Day the Earth Stood Still (film), 39
Debussy, Claude, 69, 72, 339, 354–55
“Deep in the Heart of Texas,” 337
de Gaulle, Charles, 261
DeMille, Cecile B., 219
Department of Sanitation Band, 207
de-Stalinization, 89, 99–100, 230, 282
Diary of the Competition (radio program), 141–42
Dichterliebe (Schumann), 139
Dictaphone Dictabelt, 312
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (opera), 7
Dietrich, Marlene, 236
DiMaggio, Joe, 353
Disneyland, 245, 246, 247
Dobrynin, Anatoly, 357
Doctor Zhivago (Pasternak), 231–32, 265
Dole, Bob and Elizabeth, 353
Domingo, Placido, 286
Don Cossacks, 9
Dorensky, Sergei, 128–29, 136, 176, 220, 264
Dorliak, Nina, 232–33
Dostoevsky, Fyodor, 245, 265
Dowis, Jeaneane, 32, 38, 43–44, 68, 76, 104, 284
Dulles, Allen, 86, 259–60
Dulles, John Foster, 80, 86, 167, 185, 188, 233
Eames, Charles, 237
Eastern European Jews, 36, 44–45
East Germany, 281
East Texas Oilfield, 20
The Ed Sullivan Show, 283
Egypt, 87, 196
Eisenhower, Dwight D.
1952 election won by, 46
1960 election and, 278
atomic advantage and, 283
Cold War cultural exchange, 79–80, 211, 256
Khrushchev and, 87, 97, 241–43, 249–53, 259–62, 268, 274
Menshikov and, 213
Mikoyan’s meetings with, 233
nuclear war preparations, 305
People-to-People program, 108
school integration and, 97
Silent Generation of, 74
space program and, 100
telegram to Van, 185–86
Van’s visit to White House and, 211, 212
warning of military-industrial-congressional complex, 278–79
Eisenhower, Mamie, 211
Eliot, T. S., 80
Elisabeth, Queen of Belgium, 130–31, 144, 152, 172–73, 178, 221
Elvis Presley Fan Club, 2, 218
Emperor Concerto (Beethoven), 41
Empire State Building, 39–40, 245
“Employment of Homosexuals and Other Sex Perverts in Government,” 74
Erhard, Ludwig, 312, 313
“Étude-Tableau” op. 33 in E-flat Minor (Rachmaninoff), 134
“Étude-Tableau,” op. 39, no. 5 (Rachmaninoff), 154
Eurocommunism, 86
experimental farm at Beltsville, Maryland, 243
“The Eyes of Texas Are Upon You,” 218
F-102 fighters, 301–2
Fadeyev, Alexander, 84
Falcone, Mary Lou, 341
fallout shelters, 280
Fantaisie in F Minor (Chopin), 116, 117, 145, 164, 174, 254, 291
FBI
gay hunts by, 74
Harvey’s gun incident and, 219–20
Liu Shikun and, 349
Soviet visitors investigated by, 297
Van investigated by, 167, 191, 210, 212, 233, 236, 249, 288, 311–12
White investigated by, 227
Feinberg, Samuel, 112
Feklisov, Alexander, 8–10, 300, 302
Fifth Symphony (Shostakovich), 237
Finland, 288, 289, 295
First All-Union Congress of Soviet Composers, 27
First International Tchaikovsky Competition
allegations of rigging, 210
arrival of Van and other participants, 123–32
as burden and blessing for Van, 340
celebrations following, 171–84
Central Committee approval of, 95
Liu’s preparation for, 111–12
Organizing Committee for, 106, 114, 116, 118, 129
piano competition, finals, 151–58, 162–64
piano competition, preliminary rounds, 135–42
piano competition, second round, 145–50
piano competition commencement, 132–35
Reagan’s words about, 355
Soviet anticipation of, 115
Van persuaded to participate in, 106–9
Van’s anxiety during, 144–45
Van’s performance at, 1–2, 3
Van’s preparation for, 109–10, 115–20
Van’s stay in Soviet Union after, 185–95
Van’s win at, 164–70
violin competition, 132
Vlassenko chosen to participate in, 112–13
Vlassenko’s preparation for, 113–15
First Piano Concerto (Tchaikovsky)
composer’s performances of, 5–7, 8, 153
Gilels’s performance of, 79
original manuscript of, 186
RCA Victor recording of Van performing, 223–24
Van’s performances of, 25–26, 43–44, 68, 70, 109, 152–53, 203–4, 215, 216, 248, 271, 284
Fitzgerald, Ella, 38
Flier, Jacob, 114, 146
Flissler, Joyce, 109, 132, 140, 186, 209
Folk Arts Theater, 337–38
Fontaine, Joan, 219
Ford, Gerald, 339
formalism, 27, 28, 304
Fort Worth home of Van, 343–46
Fort Worth Orchestra, 365
Fort Worth Piano Teachers Forum, 225
Fort Worth Symphony, 362
Four Cleanups campaign, 317
Four Quartets (Eliot), 80
France, 87
Frankel, Max
on Nixon’s trip to Soviet Union, 332
Schubart’s tracking down of, 147
at Tchaikovsky Competition finals, 151–52, 155, 156
Van’s win and, 166–67, 168, 171
Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians, 243
Friedheim, Arthur, 16, 141, 151, 189, 218
Fulbright, William, 182
Fulbright scholarship, 129, 133
“Funeral Ma
rch” (Chopin), 56–57, 326
Furtseva, “Madame,” 267, 287
Fuschi, Olegna, 105–6
Gable, Clark, 219
Gaddis, Ken, 320, 321
Gang of Four, 319, 334, 335–36
Garbo, Greta, 236, 342
Garden Ring (Moscow), 125, 126
Gagarin, Yuri, 279
Garmash, Irina, 267, 360–61, 365
Garson, Greer, 219, 344, 348
G. B. Dealey Memorial Award, 42, 66
Gedda-Nova, Nadia, 134, 149, 150, 163
Geneva, Switzerland, 351–52
German Democratic Republic, 281
Germans, 74
Gershwin, George, 223
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 250
Gilels, Emil
announcement of Van as winner, 170
dinner with Van in New York, 349–50
as jury chairman, 106
on piano jury, 133, 138–39, 148–49, 155–56, 162, 163–64
popularity in West, 94
Richter and, 138
supper at Thompsons’ and, 187–88
Tchaikovsky Competition anticipation and, 115
U.S. visit by, 79
Van’s quoting of, 356
Ginsberg, Allen, 324
glasnost, 351, 359
Glimpses of the U.S.A. (film), 237
Glynn, Paul, 320–21
Goldenweiser, A. B., 127, 139, 155
Gontaut Biron, Armand de, 139
gopak (Cossack dance), 49, 196
Gorbachev, Mikhail, 351–58, 359, 360, 361
Gorbachev, Raisa, 351, 353, 354, 355, 356–57, 358, 360–62
Gorky, Russia, 289
Gorky Automobile Plant, 289
Gould, Glenn, 347
Grach, Eduard, 113
Graffman, Gary, 66, 68, 70–71, 102, 285
Graffman, Naomi, 66, 67, 68, 70–71, 78, 79, 338
Graham, Billy, 104, 206, 353
Grammy Awards, 236
Grant, Cary, 339
Gray, Oleta, 21
Greatest Hits (Mathis), 223–24
Great Hall of Moscow Conservatory
Flier in, 146
during Nixon’s visit, 331
preliminary rounds in, 134
Shtarkman’s debut in, 130
in Tchaikovsky Competition brochure, 106
Van playing in after competition, 165–66
Van’s last performance during first visit to Moscow, 194
Van’s second visit to Russia and, 267, 269
Van’s sentimental attachment to, 290
Great Hall of the People, 329
Great Kremlin Palace, 172–73, 177, 332
Great Leap Forward, 229, 266
Great Society agenda, 323
Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 61
Greiner, Sascha, 106–7, 108, 118, 203
Gribanova, Klara, 193
Grieg, Edvard, 324
Griffin, Merv, 219
Gromyko, Andrei, 173, 280
Gulag camps, 27, 54, 59, 61, 231
Gulag survivors, 83, 85, 91–92
GUM (State Dept. Store, Moscow), 144
Gu Shengying, 111–12, 139, 317–18
Hagerty, James, 191
Haldeman, Bob, 336
Hamilton, Winifred, 24, 285