Van Cliburn and the Cold War

[LordSamuelDespotKing]

HAHA wow lookit em fuckin hands hes got!! giant. giant

[calcner]

this a bit of a stretch....but Van Cliburn might have saved the world.....

[markmarshall39]

@calcner he eased the tension didnt he:)

[ilikehaku1100]

Rick Astley

[JoanWasQuizzical1]

Van Cliburn played in Moscow in the late fifites, too... nice touch by Ronald Reagan.

I think Benny Goodman played in Moscow around that same time in the late fifties.

[seanmcnally]

cliburns hands are giant

[kevin120857]

What a warm and lovely human being. Thank you Van. You are a grace and an inspiration.

[gnolti]

Van Cliburn does seem like a nice guy.

[Cmey2k]

Reagan single handidly brought down the Iron Curtain, how can you not love him?

[LLPorduction]

not really ... it just colapsed on its own...

[asdfhuliashduflasihf]

@Cmey2k LOL NO HE DID NOT

Reagan actually made things worse before he made a reversal of policy due to populace pressure.

[dsfddsgh]

@Cmey2k Reagan didn't do it all by himself. The Soviet Union was decaying by the 1970's and it was only a matter of time before the rot took them down. The Pope had a huge part it it too.

[goldenthroat86]

Reagan may not have been my favorite president, but I am VERY grateful to him for calling on Van Cliburn for this event. After this concert, Van started performing publicly again and sounds better than ever!

[ReturnOfTheStienway]

Van is such an incredible person! He is an inspiration to me, always!!!

[utubemusiccritic]

More Van please, less lady.

[ulsbolde89]

Back cold runner.

[bjr43]

Who's the woman that's interviewed?

[moyamuha]

It is, it is.

[moyamuha]

Clibern is the best! But Gorbachev... Wasn't it the meeting when he sold Soviet Union and all of it's people to USA? I live in this horrible country unfortunately for 14 years and haven't had any reason to celebrate or even be in a good mood ever since I came here but the day that PIG Gorbachev dies I will sure celebrate!!!

[MJGriftz]

That better not be MY country you're talking about...

[Ronbo710]

True Greatness. Many Thanks.

[hhsrrr]

This video is inspiring. It shows that one person can indeed make a difference for good.

[perseus651]

Thank you so much for this. It was like being there.

[ibrahimvinogradov]

great :)

[piano4film]

Thanks for sharing this.