Soloists included Soviet Russian composer and pianist Dmitri Shostakovich, pianist Lev Oborin, violinist David Oistrakh, cellist Mstislav Rostropovich, pianist Sviatoslav Richter, pianist Vladimir Ashkenazy, pianist Bella Davidovich, cellist Sviatoslav Knushevitsky,Russian soprano opera singer Galina Vishnevskaya, pianist Lazar Berman, pianist Emil Gilels, pianist Vladimir Sofronitsky, Russian soprano Nina Dorliak, cellist Daniil Shafran,and others.
