Editing Sviatoslav Richter (section)

===Rise to international profile===
In 1949, Richter won the [[USSR State Prize|Stalin Prize]], which led to extensive concert tours in Russia, Eastern Europe and China. He gave his first concerts outside the Soviet Union in [[Czechoslovakia]] in 1950.<ref>{{cite web | title= Sviatoslav Richter Chronology – 1950 | url= http://www.trovar.com/str/dates/a1950.html | publisher= trovar.com | date= February 22, 2001 | access-date= September 8, 2007 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070324114055/http://www.trovar.com/str/dates/a1950.html | archive-date= March 24, 2007 | url-status= dead }}</ref> In 1952, Richter was invited to play [[Franz Liszt]] in a film based on the life of [[Mikhail Glinka]], called ''[[The Composer Glinka]]'' ([[remake]] of the 1946 film ''Glinka''). The title role was played by Boris Smirnov.

On February 18, 1952, Richter made his sole appearance as a conductor in the world premiere of Prokofiev's [[Symphony-Concerto (Prokofiev)|Symphony-Concerto for Cello and Orchestra]] in E minor, with [[Mstislav Rostropovich]] as the soloist.<ref>Liner notes for Deutsche Grammophon 449 821–2</ref>

In April 1958, Richter was on the jury of the first [[Tchaikovsky Competition]] in Moscow. Watching [[Van Cliburn]]'s performance of [[Sergei Rachmaninoff|Rachmaninoff]]'s [[Piano Concerto No. 3 (Rachmaninoff)|Concerto No. 3]], Richter wept with joy; he awarded Cliburn a 25, a perfect score.

In 1960, even though he had a reputation for being "indifferent" to politics, Richter defied the authorities when he performed at [[Boris Pasternak]]'s funeral.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Coleman |first=Alexander |date=October 1997 |title=Sviatoslav Richter, 1915–1997 |journal=The New Criterion |volume=16 |issue=2 |url=http://www.newcriterion.com/archive/16/oct97/coleman.htm |access-date=September 8, 2007 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060319063724/http://www.newcriterion.com/archive/16/oct97/coleman.htm |archive-date=March 19, 2006 }}</ref>

Having received the Stalin and Lenin prizes and become People's Artist of the [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|RSFSR]], he gave his first tour concerts in the US in 1960, and in England and France in 1961.<ref>Vadim Mogilnitsky, "Sviatoslav Richter" / Вадим Могильницкий, из книги "Святослав Рихтер", (see link: http://www.sviatoslavrichter.ru/chronograph.php)</ref>