Soloists included Soviet Russian violinist David Oistrakh, cellist Mstislav Rostropovich, pianist Sviatoslav Richter, cellist Daniil Shafran, pianist Vladimir Ashkenazy, pianist Bella Davidovich, pianist Lazar Berman, cellist Mikhail Khomitzer, Russian soprano opera singer Galina Vishnevskaya, pianist Emil Gilels, pianist Lev Oborin, violinist Leonid Kogan, violinist Boris Goldstein, cellist Sviatoslav Knushevitsky,and others.
