The Tchaikovsky competition has been held every four years since 1958.
He returned to the Tchaikovsky competition in 1986 as a juror.
It wouldn't be a Tchaikovsky competition without some controversy.
He has also won five competitions in three different countries, the latest being the 1990 Tchaikovsky Competition.
This disarray took its toll on the Tchaikovsky competition.
Was he a better pianist after he had won the Tchaikovsky Competition in 1958?
He later was a competitor at the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow.
The same year he became the first prize winner at the 3rd Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow.
Like pianists preparing for the Tchaikovsky competition, some contestants agonized in advance.
He was also an award winner at the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow (1982).