State Dinner Arrival of Mikhail Gorbachev and Raisa Gorbachev, Entertainment on December 8, 1987

Full Title: US/Soviet Summit. Vice President George and Barbara Bush, Secretary of State George Shultz and Helena Shultz greet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze and Anatoly Dobrynin for State Dinner at Diplomatic Entrance, Arrival of General Secretary Mikhail and Raisa Gorbachev at Diplomatic Entrance, Tape #2 of Entertainment by pianist Van Cliburn in East Room (President Reagan's remarks) on December 8, 1987
Creator(s): President (1981-1989 : Reagan). White House Television Office. 1/20/1981-1/20/1989 (Most Recent)
Series: Video Recordings, 1/20/1981 - 1/20/1989
Collection: Records of the White House Television Office (WHTV) (Reagan Administration), 1/20/1981 - 1/20/1989
Transcript: N/A
Production Date: 12/8/1987
Access Restriction(s):Unrestricted
Use Restriction(s):Unrestricted
Contact(s): Ronald Reagan Library (LP-RR), 40 Presidential Drive, Simi Valley, CA 93065-0600
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National Archives Identifier:81145214
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[@tiggywinkle20]

Oh that Van Cliburn were here now and this lovely atmosphere! What a difference and he created it. Remembered with affection!

[@belindaintexas8789]

Van Cliburn .. what a gracious man. So authentic, so heartwarming, a true patriot and goodwill ambassador ... Fort Worth is very proud of him. May he rest in peace.

[@AndyNyle]

He great amount of color with his speech.

[@ruthhellkamp926]

I was so blessed to hear him play for almost two hours at an all Chopin concert here in NY...and the ticket was Free.

[@charmainemorley2197]

How really really delightful! Van stole the show! If I had discovered him in his lifetime I would have written him a letter of appreciation. What a lovely warm person and great musician with a big heart. Thank you.

[@PersnicketyRed]

My wonderful boyfriend, now equally wonderful husband, introduced me to Van, when we started dating. Unfortunately, at that point he was done touring. I immediately, and hopelessly, fell in love with him, and his transcendental playing...he will forever hold a piece of my heart, and I hold him dear, whenever I play my own piano! ❤️

[@davidorme1993]

He was such a gentleman. And one of the great ones. RIP, Mr. Cliburn.

[@billyoc4927]

During an era when America had leadership, strength, class and direction.

[@replaygeorge]

Amazing how culture can be such a gentle ambassador! But it requires both exceptional performers and educated hearts. Seems like times like these will not return.

[@jimfraser9898]

Mikhail Gorbachev is now gone. Truly the end of an era of East-West relations never to be repeated.

[@hmmmmm64]

Where are these wise and compassionate leaders today?

[@ihl8608]

you are so right DC

[@szabi4140]

May both of them rest in peace!

[@michaelnilsson3596]

This wonderful musician did more for detente and US/Soviet relationships that evening than an army of diplomats could do in a year of meetings.

[@maryhirsch7170]

He did that years ago, when he won the Tchaikovsky competition.

[@roberttynski6850]

Echoing your thought, Reagan himself said that he felt the cold war melt away as he heard the Gorbachevs sing along to Moscow Nights.

[@peace-to-the-world]

Miss those days, when people understood each other despite their differencies Kiev, USSR

[@gyrene1966]

He would only have American sparkling wine served while entertaining heads of state. What a patriot!

[@pauld7943]

This was America!! 🇺🇸 ❤️ 😢

[@ihl8608]

Yes it was and a great time to be alive.

[@WilliamBurns-z8r]

When we had CLASS!

[@deepanrajendran8699]

Everything good 👍👍 I love both especially great great president Reagan sir...he is kind of Man in mankind...Reagan the name being permenant in human history

[@ianhamilton396]

When the pianist steals the show !

[@osamabinladen824]

Very frickin' cool and class act. 👌

[@livetotell100]

Aren't you dead?

[@peace-to-the-world]

Peace 4 all!

[@filemonruiz7363]

That piano player was so charming.

[@umot6277]

Wow, playing the Moscow Suburb Nights was so nice...

[@goldboy_2350]

Rip to George H. W. Bush, Ronald Reagan, and Mikhail Gorbachev.

[@vinllga]

since 4:13 he playing Rachmaninoff and since 9:30 - Debussy

[@cobaltcanarycherry]

Respectfully, could you kindly list the musical selections played by Mr. Cliburn in the description?

[@davemiller7633]

Our last president. Respect.

[@astrosales386]

Mr Putin and Biden need to have a meeting like this!

[@tatianaanokhina8561]

It is impossible!!!

[@astrosales386]

@@tatianaanokhina8561 Sure, as long as we say like this, the nukes will never, ever go away :(

[@jameshotz1350]

Liberace performed 36 consecutive performances sold out in Radio city New York.

[@IntrovertCorner480]

0:31, Clark Griswald shows up

[@csabakereszturi945]

Puppetaria.

[@johngarrett8797]

The Family Truckster, haha

[@collie8]

Sept 2022, watching.

[@RussianDrummer]

Первым приехал Министр Иностанных дел СССР седой лис Эдуард Шеворнадзе с супругой.

[@papagen00]

i don't think they do classical music at the white house anymore, just rap and hip-hop.

[@Magnet12]

WHAT ARE THE DAMN PIECES WHY DIDNT YOU LIST THEM

[@G4rm4n49]

Just in case, when you write second name of women you need to write a after it Gorbacheva This is rule in Russian language

[@Patrick3183]

Incredibly vulgar comment from the press at 2:55

[@johnruhroh4158]

Does anyone know the last song cliburn played???

[@MacAguilar]

I love the moment when MG arrived in his mythic limo Zil ... like a authentic state leader. So, we don't must forget one thing; Gorvachev and Yeltsin was a pair of persons easy of surprising with this kind of ceremonies and protocols to try of buy their dignities ... Reagan did it with Gorvachev... Clinton with Yeltsin... Both american presidents buy the dignity of those two leaders.... but now with Putin all that protocols and ceremonies are obsoletes and useless when a authentic world leader knows what really wants the US government. Why Obama, Bush, don't doing the same thing ?? Easy, Putin is honest and unbreakable with the US methods. This is history, today the world is different. Russia is not the Soviet Union anymore ...Russia is different today.

[@gianca60]

Yeah, it's worse.

[@BlantonDelbert]

What was the song that so excited Gorbachev?

[@DimiterKenarov]

Подмосковные вечера (Moscow Nights).

[@williamfulgham2010]

Also known in the US as ' Midnight in Moscow', which is now well-known among jazz circles, and in the New Orleans French Quarter for the jazz version.

[@hansvanniekerk768]

Here is a very poignant and softspoken version of Moscow Nights by Vladimir Troshin: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nIOphJaYfrh-esk

[@hansvanniekerk768]

Van Cliburn payed this song as an encore after winning the Tchaikovsky-Concours in 1958 : kzbin.info/www/bejne/rJzbhJqjpNajitU

[@PersnicketyRed]

Спасибо, Ваня! Я люблю тебя, милый, красивый, мужик ....💗

[@GH-oi2jf]

Reporters are so obnoxious. A photo-op is not a press conference.

[@osamabinladen824]

They have always been obnoxious even today.

[@papagen00]

interesting to see only sedans and station wagons, no SUV's.

[@alevechi]

Un gran Momento en la Historia de la Humanidad!!! Grandes líderes, cuanta falta hacen en este momento Líderes de ese Nivel, de ese Calibre, de ese Estatus , Presidente Reagan y Secretario general Gorbachov!!.. Emocionantes tiempos aquellos

[@Simplicissimuss.]

Горбач!!! Такой Бандюга! 😊

[@Tamadehenzhan]

Großer Charisma

[@Harmonikaklange]

As always, the verminous press ruining every moment.

[@владмир-ф1л]

18:14 what did he say

[@PersnicketyRed]

“I hope that wasn’t too much.” ❤️ He could have played all night, and it would never be enough for me! 🥰

[@владмир-ф1л]

@@PersnicketyRed Thank you!

[@PersnicketyRed]

@@владмир-ф1л Пожалуйста! ❤️

[@papagen00]

15:40 song "Moscow Nights" (Подмосковные вечера) kzbin.info/www/bejne/qGSQq5KBgNiMnqM

[@عادلالشعلانالغامدي]

قال الله تعالى(إِذْ يُوحِي رَبُّكَ إِلَى الْمَلَائِكَةِ أَنِّي مَعَكُمْ فَثَبِّتُوا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا ۚ سَأُلْقِي فِي قُلُوبِ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا الرُّعْبَ فَاضْرِبُوا فَوْقَ الْأَعْنَاقِ وَاضْرِبُوا مِنْهُمْ كُلَّ بَنَانٍ ) وين ثبتني يا آلله ووين بت ثبتني يا الله الآن

[@robmorr23]

Can you translate the Arabic to English?

[@silverandteal]

Without meaning to be pedantic, wouldn't Raisa's surname be Gorbacheva?

[@vinista256]

3:10 “Can you get a withdrawal date on Afghanistan” Wouldn’t it have been funny if Reagan turned and said, “August 30, 2021”? No … guess not …

[@timstein9779]

Could you see the Trumps hosting such an event?

[@Patrick3183]

Cliburn reminds me of Richard Simmons

[@unitedstatesdiplomatlarryk5417]

"Semper Fidelis" United States Diplomat Larry Kuchenmeister

[@luismanuel2612]

Raissa didn't have the matryoshka look. She was very elegant...

[@clockworkwritings1055]

Very elegant indeed. It's too bad what happened to her soon after this event. Gorbachev must have been devastated. Everybody liked her. We didn't get much of a chance to know her.

[@cornucopia8591]

Всё тихонько перешло в кабак. Артист из вестерна с директором колхоза.

[@ПавелКагаров]

Молодец Ванклиберн.

[@brane4175]

Vlad and Joe do smth like this before too late !

[@AntThinker]

На самодовольное нахальство Раисы противно смотреть. "Челаэк! Первый концерт Чайковского". Ничего, что это 40 минут. В жопу протокол встречи, планы и готовность самого Ван Клиберна и приглашающей стороны. И советские люди тоже охреневали от такого самомнения. Как же. Первая леди. Тьфу.

[@cornucopia8591]

Ну и на секундочку - оркестр не помешал бы, это же "концерт"))

[@vinllga]

она просто ничего не знала из других музыкальных названий и решила блеснуть "умом". И на весь зал повторила громко несколько раз чтобы все слышали.

[@fairly75]

А это было в нашем телеке, в совке всмысле? Показывали людям?

[@felixkoretskiy3395]

Vi sovershenno pravi . Eta kolxozniza dvyx slov ne mogla svyazat . Naglaya , alchnaya , nenavistnaya osoba .

[@felixkoretskiy3395]

@@vinllga Vi pravi .

[@ramonsixto]

Zil limousines?

[@OSTARAEB4]

Yes, Zil limousines. Lichachev Plant.

[@OSTARAEB4]

Ligachev.

[@osamabinladen824]

Vodka limousines

[@nikital5913]

Here is the stark example of how a foreign country treats Gorbachev - a person who is going to ruin his homeland. He is venerated, respected and cherished as a hero. On the contrary, look at how they feel about Putin now - (not a flawless person at all, but still) who is a Russian patriot and defends Russia's interest on every front - he is being hated, smeared and turned into a boogeyman in the West. How can one not see hypocricy and not hate politics after that?

[@charmainemorley2197]

I think this piece says more about Van Cliburn than the politics. His warmth towards everyone and his singing of Moscow Nights. You would have to be hard hearted to quarrel with his attempt to bring folks together in music and song and his gracious manner.

[@ayusharyal5877]

Gorbachev saved the world

[@angelamalcomb1373]

Nikita…. Don’t put Putin on a pedestal

[@PersnicketyRed]

@@charmainemorley2197 So beautifully stated! We need more Van Cliburns in the world, don’t we? I remember when he returned from Russia, people asked him if he was a communist or if he supported communism. Some people just couldn’t see the impact he had made, and see beyond the political part of it. He made such a connection with the people, from the moment he took the stage…and to this day, Russians still appreciate the awakening he gave them. One man really did make a difference! He solidified the universal language of music! ❤️He was such a classy, beautiful, man…who deeply loved his state of Texas, his country, and by all accounts everyone whose path he ever crossed. I cannot love him more than I do! When it was my time to choose a favorite pianist, I’m glad I found him! I’m glad that you found him, too! ❤️

[@cobaltcanarycherry]

Putin was KGB, yes? Reason enough for Russians to fear him.

[@lindaeasley5606]

How rude of the reporter shouting questions during the initial arrival of the Gorbachev s .

[@ronl7131]

Leadership here, from 2 continents. Disrespectful press shouting questions…trying to turn historical Cultural event into a Circus. Shameful. VC the Poet~Artist….

[@shqiptaretzoti.imbrojtkudo9052]

Shum dallim ka kjo koh kur kaqe para disa vitesh me kohen sot mendojn se janba diqa moderrno edhe ikan hum texhitha kulturn skan tash as ndjenja njerzore asnjisen sidomos grat edhe mashum kan leshu sesa burrat sjemi tafta membajt nji familje elijema shtet.

[@j.vonhogen9650]

How tall was Van Cliburn?

[@ulfwernernielsen6708]

J. Vonhögen 193 cm.

[@j.vonhogen9650]

@@ulfwernernielsen6708 - Thanks!

[@НурланНаурызбаев-л3ю]

Спасибо Михаил Сергеевич за независимость содружественных государств.

[@Mishik77]

Ну ты и Мыркомбай....

[@НурланНаурызбаев-л3ю]

Саламалейкум. Если бы не Горбачнв с Ельциным. Мы все жили бы под лживым идеологией коммунизма.

[@НурланНаурызбаев-л3ю]

Которые ущемляли права верующих людей. То есть они вели идеологию атеизма.

[@keklol4997]

@@НурланНаурызбаев-л3ю 100%, Михаил Сергеевич герой! И кстати ваш президент, Нурсултан Абишевич тоже многое сделал для страны и мира, в первую очередь денуклеорезация

[@visionerfuture4048]

Однозначно Горбачев >>>>>≥>>>валотька

[@thomgeo8073]

Горбачёв воссоединил Германию и разединил Грузию, колхозник...

[@felixkoretskiy3395]

Raika i Mishka - kolxozniki !

[@ruslanivanov734]

And so - just for one song Gorbachev sold the giant country for peanuts

[@superglaz777]

глупо, распространённая ошибка, она Горбачёв-а, женского рода

[@annguyendoan7189]

Bac tong dam ma di tren hom/ ho noi bac tong hung/ bac tong mat chu bay do thay toi khoc/ ho nghi theo doi giet chu 7 do chu chin ta

[@НурланНаурызбаев-л3ю]

Демократичный человек М.С.

[@fairly75]

Простецкий и не образованный гуманитарно. Истинный ленинец..

[@НурланНаурызбаев-л3ю]

Здравствуйте Надин. Если бы не Горбачев с Ельциным. Мы бы все жили под лживым идеологией коммунизма. Которые ущемляли права верующих людей.

[@hanswessel6992]

Bn

[@jeffwalsh6015]

Rumor has it that Nancy Reagan was so classy, she picked her nose with a breadstick.

[@GM-bx6wo]

1-0 to Raisa

[@lovecountry6549]

Mikhail Gorbachev is surrendering to USA 🇺🇸 to save Humility

[@billclaveria7942]

Maybe Mr Gorbachev is peace lover and maker,extending hands to an enemy or opponent is not a gesture of being defeatist but the exact opposite...

[@georgesand4629]

American why you flirt with my wife?

[@osamabinladen824]

What?

[@Alex-pn5sh]

who is that keep throwing questions?