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Keeping Van Cliburn’s Memory Alive Two books offer a chance to remember the musician—and his stunning win at Tchaikovsky Piano Competition during the height of the Cold War.
Pianist Lim Yun-chan performs during the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition held in Fort Worth, Texas, Saturday (local time). Courtesy of MOC ProductionBy Dong Sun-hwaMinister of Culture ...
With a dramatic bow of pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii's head, rich sounds of the piano, violins, cello and viola broke the concert hall silence as he and a string quartet played Schumann's Piano Quintet in E ...
Cliburn’s last appearance was in September at the 50th anniversary of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. Van Cliburn died Wednesday morning in Fort Worth, Texas. He was 78.
American pianist Van Cliburn, who awed Russian audiences with his exquisite Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff concertos and won fame and fortune back home, died on Wednesday at the age of 78.
Van Cliburn, who has died aged 78, was a reclusive and virtuosic American pianist; to his countrymen he became a potent symbol of US dominance in the Cold War after his victory in the first ...
Review: A dazzling Liszt CD from Cliburn winner Yunchan Lim Last summer, at age 18, Yunchan Lim became the youngest gold medalist of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition.
Van Cliburn was credited with bringing warmth to the Cold War through his beautiful music. The pianist died at his home at the age of 78. By David Hinckley UPDATED: January 10, 2019 at 10:11 a.m.
The late Van Cliburn won a piano competition in Moscow at the height of the Cold War. Today, pianists competing in an event named after Cliburn hold a certain reverence for the man and the moment.
By Lee Hyo-won Korea Times Correspondent Fort Worth, TEXAS ― The third and final round of the Van Cliburn took off Tuesday, with six finalists of the original 29 vying for the prizes in a 50 ...