Van Cliburn International Piano Competition
The Van Cliburn International Piano Competition is an American piano competition, first held in 1962 in Fort Worth, Texas and hosted by the Van Cliburn Foundation. Initially held at Texas Christian University, the competition has been held at the Bass Performance Hall since 2001. The competition is named in honour of Van Cliburn, who had won the first International Tchaikovsky Competition, in 1958.[1]
The Van Cliburn Competition is held every four years, in the year after the United States presidential elections.[2] The winners and runners-up receive substantial cash prizes, plus concert tours at world-famous venues where they perform pieces of their choice.[3] Whilst Cliburn was alive, he did not serve as a judge in the competition, provide financial support, or work in its operations.[4] However, he attended performances by competitors regularly and greeted them afterwards on occasion.[5]
Contestants draw lots for their performing place in the competition.[6] The competition began on-line audio streaming of the performances in 1997.[5] In 2009, the competition webcast all of the performances live for the first time in its history.[7]
Top prize winners
The competition consists up to three full recital programs, new work performance, chamber music, and two concertos for each competitor.
Winners of the top prize awarded in the given year (linking to the article about the given competition):
| 14 | 2013 | Vadym Kholodenko |
| 13 | 2009 | Nobuyuki Tsujii and Haochen Zhang (tie) |
| 12 | 2005 | Alexander Kobrin |
| 11 | 2001 | Stanislav Ioudenitch and Olga Kern (tie) |
| 10 | 1997 | Jon Nakamatsu |
| 9 | 1993 | Simone Pedroni |
| 8 | 1989 | Alexei Sultanov |
| 7 | 1985 | José Feghali |
| 6 | 1981 | Andre-Michel Schub |
| 5 | 1977 | Steven De Groote |
| 4 | 1973 | Vladimir Viardo |
| 3 | 1969 | Cristina Ortiz |
| 2 | 1966 | Radu Lupu |
| 1 | 1962 | Ralph Votapek |
See also
- Van Cliburn Foundation
- First Van Cliburn International Piano Competition
- Second Van Cliburn International Piano Competition
- Seventh Van Cliburn International Piano Competition
- Eighth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition
- Ninth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition
- Tenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition
- Eleventh Van Cliburn International Piano Competition
- Twelfth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition
- Thirteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition
- List of classical music competitions
- World Federation of International Music Competitions
Notes
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References
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External links
- The Van Cliburn Foundation – History and information on the competition.
- Directory of International Piano Competitions
- Piano Competitions & Music Competitions at Bakitone International
