Подмосковные вечера
Jazz musician Aleksei Kozlov had a chance to play with foreign musicians. The popular ensemble Druzhba from Leningrad became the winner of the First Prize in popular music, thanks to its lead singer, Edita Piekha, the star of the 1950s who could sing in many languages. Edita Piekha, Vladimir Troshin and international guests of the festival together performed the popular song "Moscow Nights". Reverend Warren McKenna, Sally Belfrage, folk singer Peggy Seeger attended the festival as part of the US delegation and later went on a propaganda trip to Communist China.