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The article provides information on the life and works of Russian pianist Rosa Tamarkina. In 1932, Tamarkina was selected as one of about 15 musically prodigious boys and girls to be admitted to the inaugural class of the Moscow Conservatory's Central Music School in Moscow, Russia. At age 16, she was chosen as the youngest member of the Soviet team to compete in the third International Frederick Chopin Piano Competition held in 1937.

This article profiles Vladislav Kovalsky, a student at the St. Petersburg Conservatory between 1966 and 1971. He was born in the Far East of Russian parents and had spent his early years in the city of Omsk studying with gifted teacher, Ludmilla Winckler. After undergoing an audition, he was recommended for a place at the St. Petersburg Conservatory. The course of study at the conservatory was a five-year programme. Nathan Perelman had been an influential teacher for Kovalsky.

The article offers information on the first International Gedike Organ competition that was held in Moscow, Russia on September 5 to 15, 2008. It states that the event attracted applicants from western Europe, playing works by Bruhns, Buxtehude, and Bach. The competition was named after Alexander Gedike who taught organ and piano at the Moscow Conservatoire.