When the world stopped to listen: Van Cliburn's Cold War triumph and Its aftermath

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But as the world's finest young pianists descended on the Russian capital, an unlikely favorite emerged: Van Cliburn, a polite, lanky Texan whose passionate virtuosity captured the hearts of the Russian people--and thawed Cold War tensions in a way no one would have thought possible.

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