As a Prokofiev scholar and authority, Nissman was invited by the Moscow State Conservatory under the perestroika initiative of Mikhail Gorbachev to travel to Moscow and collaborate with leading Soviet musicians on a detailed study of the Prokofiev manuscripts housed in the Central State Archives.
Nissman was invited by the Moscow State Conservatory under the perestroika initiative of Mikhail Gorbachev on a detailed study of the Prokofiev manuscripts housed in the Central State Archives. This was to travel to Moscow and collaborate with leading Soviet musicians. This was as a Prokofiev scholar. This was as authority.