Valery Klimov - A. Khachaturian Violin Concerto, live 1986

Valery Klimov performing the Aram Khachaturian Violin Concerto together with the USSR Sate Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Evgeny Svetlanov, live from the Sydney Opera House, recorded on May 2nd in 1986. Valery Klimov, born in 1931, won the inaugural International Tchaikovsky Competition in 1958 and later succeeded his teacher David Oistrach in his prestigious position at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory.