The International Tchaikovsky Competition has been regarded internationally as one of the major events in the global music community for more than 50 years. Over the course of the past half century, it has continued to reaffirm itself as one of the leading opportunities for extraordinary young musicians to gain international recognition and establish their careers. In Russia, the event is considered one of the most valuable cultural assets. Each time the Competition is held in Moscow, it becomes the most prominent event in the country’s musical life. IntroductionFulfilling its goal of discovering new talent, the competition has helped to identify, those, who over the last 50 years have become some of the world’s foremost performers. Under the competition chairmanship of such luminaries as Dmitri Shostakovich and Mstislav Rostropovich, past jury members have included such legendary names as Sviatoslav Richter, Aram Khachaturian, David Oistrakh, Gregor Piatigorsky, Heinrich Neuhaus, Nadia Boulanger, Krzysztof Penderecki, Dmitri Kabalevsky, Irina Arkhipova, George London, Lev Oborin, Pierre Fournier, Maria Callas, Leonard Rose, Eugene List, Georgy Svirdov, Mario Del Monaco, Leonid Kogan, Carlo Zecchi, Joseph Szigeti, Fiorenza Cossotto, Natalia Gutman, Shlomo Mintz, Bidu Sayao and Magda Tagliaferro. Among the competition winners who have achieved worldwide recognition are: pianists Van Cliburn, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Mikhail Pletnev, Grigory Sokolov; violinists Viktor Tretiakov, Gidon Kremer, Vladimir Spivakov, Viktoria Mullova; cellists David Geringas, Nathaniel Rosen, Antonio Meneses, Natalia Gutman, Mario Brunello; and singers Evgeny Nesterenko, Paata Burchuladze, Elena Obraztsova and Deborah Voigt.

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Enter to win the chance to get your photo on the front cover of a Frommer’s book and $5,000. Four runners-up will receive a prize pack of guide books and Lug travel accessories. Frommer’s Cover Photo Challenge is open only to legal residents of the fifty United States (including D.C.), Canada (excluding Quebec) and the United Kingdom (“UK”) who are at least 18 years old at the time of entry. ObjectiveSubmit your photographs to the contest.

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Vive Le Talent is free and anonymous comic books competition that is open to everyone. Draw and tell a story that takes place in this house on maximum 5 plates. Everyone is free to choose a period in which the story takes place. The winner gets 1 week in Paris for two. The 10 best stories will be published. ObjectiveDraw and tell a story that takes place in this house on maximum 5 plates. Everyone is free to choose a period in which the story takes place.

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