About the book: 1972 / The author traces in the novel the fates of young musicians, from music school to the Conservatory. The creative successes of the heroes - violinists Andrei Kosarev, Ladi Bragin and organist Olya Goncharova - do not develop immediately and simply. Their will and conviction in their calling are subject to serious tests. The world described in the novel widely includes the life of modern youth: schoolchildren, students, workers, and the city in which they live and which they love - Moscow.