Nelson Mandela | Willie Nelson | Nelson | Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson | Nelson, New Zealand | Ricky Nelson | Nelson Rockefeller | Horatio Nelson | Lord Nelson | Nelson Riddle | Bill Nelson | Marc Nelson | Oliver Nelson | Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art | Nelson A. Miles | Nelson Eddy | Nelson Bunker Hunt | Craig T. Nelson | Byron Nelson | Ted Nelson | Paulo Freire | William Nelson Cromwell | Nelson Piquet | Nelson County, Kentucky | Tim Blake Nelson | Nelson's Column | Nelson, Lancashire | Nelson Chai | Nelson, British Columbia | Judd Nelson |
After winning second prize at the Leeds International Piano Competition and first prize at the Vianna da Motta International Music Competition (ex-aequo with Nelson Freire), and especially after his victory at the ninth International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow (first prize ex-aequo with John Lill), his career as a pianist began.