Extractions: May 11, 2001 PIANIST VAN CLIBURN TO RECEIVE HONORARY DEGREE FROM SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY DALLAS (SMU) Southern Methodist University will confer an honorary Doctor of Arts degree upon pianist Van Cliburn during its 86th annual commencement ceremony at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, May 19, in Moody Coliseum, 6024 Airline Road. In 1958, at the height of the Cold War, 23-year-old Texan Van Cliburn won the first International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, making him the first classical musician for whom the city of New York has thrown a ticker-tape parade. He later became one of the highest paid concert pianists of his generation, performing with every major orchestra and conductor and appearing in all of the internationally renowned concert halls. He has made many timeless and popular recordings of major piano concertos, and has developed a vast solo repertoire. The recording he made with Kiril Kondrashin, the Russian conductor with whom he played his 1958 prize-winning performance in Moscow "Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1" has sold more than three million copies worldwide. In 1962, he established the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, which is held every four years in Fort Worth to encourage the development of young artists. In 1987, after an extended sabbatical, Cliburn performed at the White House at a state dinner honoring Mikhail Gorbachev, then the Soviet Union's General Secretary. Two years later, and 31 years after his triumph at the Tchaikovsky Competition, Cliburn returned to the Soviet Union to perform at the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory and in Leningrad, which is today St. Petersburg.
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Extractions: Van Cliburn Foundation Astrologer, Multiple Emmy Award Winner, and Massage Therapist Among Participants From All Over the World and All Walks of Life Six-day Event to Include Symposia, Seminars, Social Activities, and Special Educational Opportunities for All Participants APRIL 18, 2000, Fort Worth, TEXAS The Van Cliburn Foundation has announced the selected participants for the second INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION FOR OUTSTANDING AMATEURS , to be held at Ed Landreth Auditorium on the campus of Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas, June 5 to 10. Prompted by the overwhelming success of the first event held in June of 1999, this is the only international competition of its kind based in the United States and features pianists above the age of 35 who have pursued any career other than piano performance or teaching. Among this years contestants are physicians, attorneys, homemakers, computer specialists, engineers, a massage therapist, an astrologer, a 6-time Emmy award winning news producer, and a television news anchor. They come from Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Great Britain, and 21 states throughout the United States. For a complete list of participants, their hometowns, and occupations, please see below. In addition to the public performances, the Van Cliburn Foundation will host a variety of informal performance opportunities, master classes, social gatherings, and symposia for participants of the Amateur Competition. Dr. Bernard R. Rubin, Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine, will bring together a panel to address a range of medical topics including performers stage fright, memory lapses, and causes and prevention of muscle aches, fatigue, and repetitive stress injuries. Pianist and journalist Stuart Isacoff, Editor of
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Extractions: Van Cliburn Foundation FORT WORTH, TEXAS, DECEMBER 8, 2000 - During the months of January and February 2001, 137 aspiring pianists from thirty-seven countries will assemble in four European and three American cities to perform solo piano recitals for an audience and the screening jury of the Eleventh Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. Those pianists selected by the jury will go on to participate in the Competition, scheduled to take place in Fort Worth, Texas, from May 25 through June 10, 2001. In commenting on the upcoming Van Cliburn Competition screening sessions, John Giordano, Chairman of the Jury, said: "It is important to the Foundation that our screening process take place through live concert performances rather than videotapes or other indirect methods. Everything that follows in our Competition grows out of these screening recitals; for us the Competition begins now." "The Van Cliburn Competition is one of the most important classical music competitions, featuring an outstanding group of pianists from around the world," said Edward F. Ahnert, ExxonMobil Foundation president, "we are very pleased to continue our support of the Van Cliburn Competition, an international cultural event that reinforces ExxonMobils commitment to excellence in the arts."
Extractions: ALLENDALE Grand Valley State University will wrap up its Van Cliburn Concert Series with a final concert featuring Russian pianist Katia Skanavi on Tuesday, Feb. 2. The concert begins at 8 p.m. in the Louis Armstrong Theatre. Skanavi, who was named a finalist at the 10th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, follows the competition's gold, silver and bronze medalists, who all performed at Grand Valley between October of 1997 and October of 1998. In addition to the Van Cliburn competition honors, Skanavi also received the Steven De Groote Memorial award for her performance with the Tokyo String Quartet in the semifinal round. Skavani has performed concerts in Japan and Europe, where she has recently appeared with the Sinfonia Varsovia and with the Moscow Soloists. During the 1997-98 season, Skanavi performed with the Moscow Philharmonic and the National Orchestra of Santo Domingo. Concert tickets are $15 for GVSU faculty, $20 for music professionals and $35 for general admission. Tickets may be reserved by calling 1-800-435-9539.
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Extractions: [62'32"] full-price by Johann D'Souza INKTRODUCTION. It is not uncommon for Americans to give ticker-tape parades to homecoming winning basketball teams like the Chicago Bulls or Olympic medallists; but for a pianist- that's practically unheard of. Well, that is exactly what happened to Van Cliburn, the tall Texan, when he won the First (ever) Tchaikovsky Piano Competition in Moscow in 1958. A virtual unknown on Russian soil, he was soon to be the favourite going into the finals. The Russians were shocked but not surprised for Cliburn possessed charm, charisma, stature and not forgetting good technique. Practically every major classical recording star has won a major competition, Martha Argerich - the Chopin Competition; Vladimir Ashkenazy - 2nd Tchaikovsky Competition 1962; Murray Perahia - Leeds Piano Competition; Kristian Zimmerman - Chopin Competition and the list goes on and on. In fact it is now a great belief that one needs a major competition to bolster one's career. Major competitions like the Leeds, the Arthur Rubinstein Competition, Tchaikovsky and Chopin Competitions give the winners major career breakthroughs, with engagements at various major halls and festivals, recording contracts with major labels like DG, EMI or Teldec (who can normally afford the crème de la crème). Past winners of the Van Cliburn competition in recent years have included Jose Fenghali and Alexei Sultanov.
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Extractions: The Washington Post Her acclaimed Metropolitan Opera debut in 1984 led to a procession of recitals, major orchestra appearances, and television specials, as well as recordings that have been honored with Grammy, Gramophone, and Edison Awards. Well known for her mastery of a wide range of repertoire and styles, Upshaw will lend her "radiant lyrical voice" ( The New York Times ) to an evening of song featuring popular standards by Vernon Duke, composer of "April in Paris" and "I Like the Likes of You." You'll like the likes of her, too.
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Extractions: Questions Perhaps you've learned about Beethoven and Bach, Mozart or Tchaikovsky and enjoyed their great contributions to our world's history of music. You can thank your interest in classical music to people like Mr. Van Cliburn, who shares his love of classical music by giving attention and support to it. Mr. Van Cliburn is a classical pianist who brought honor to our country in 1958 when he won the 1st Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition in Moscow. Americans beamed with pride to see a young performer from our country play with such skill and style in front of an international audience. His dedication and talent drew admiration for classical music at a time when the space rocket Sputnik had focused many on science and competition between the United States and the Soviet Union was strong. How did such a young man become such an skillful musician? Van Cliburn was born in Shreveport, Louisiana on July 12, 1934, the son of Harvey Lavan Cliburn and Rildia (Ril-da) Bee O'Bryan Cliburn. He began studying piano with his mother at age three. She had studied under Arthur Friedheim, a student of Franz Liszt, teachers well known for their talent and skill. Mr. Cliburn moved to Texas when he was six years old, and won a Texas competition when he was twelve. In 1948 he played in the prestigious Carnegie Hall as the winner of the National Music Festival Award.
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Extractions: online.news@oberlin.edu OBERLIN CONSERVATORY PIANIST WINS SILVER MEDAL IN VAN CLIBURN COMPETITION J ULY Internationally renowned pianist Antonio Pompa-Baldi was a silver medal winner in the 11th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, held in Fort Worth, Texas. Pompa-Baldi is a visiting assistant professor of piano at the Conservatory. Two gold medals and two silver medals were awardedthe first time in the competition's historyand there were no bronze winners. The prizes were announced during an awards ceremony June 10 in Fort Worth. Pompa-Baldi made his first official appearance with the other medalists, each of whom performed their winning concertos with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Miguel Harth-Bedoya, at the Garden Summer Music Festival during the weekend of June 16 and 17. Three Impromptus by American composer Lowell Liebermann garnered him the Phyllis Jones Tilley Memorial Award for the best performance of a new work.
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Extractions: Oberlin Conservatory Pianist Wins Silver Medal in Van Cliburn Competition By Charity Johnson '99 Internationally renowned pianist Antonio Pompa-Baldi was a silver medal winner in the 11th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, held in Fort Worth, Texas. Pompa-Baldi is a visiting assistant professor of piano at the Conservatory. Two gold medals and two silver medals were awardedthe first time in the competition's historyand there were no bronze winners. The prizes were announced during an awards ceremony June 10 in Fort Worth. Pompa-Baldi made his first official appearance with the other medalists, each of whom performed their winning concertos with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Miguel Harth-Bedoya, at the Garden Summer Music Festival during the weekend of June 16 and 17. Three Impromptus by American composer Lowell Liebermann garnered him the Phyllis Jones Tilley Memorial Award for the best performance of a new work. A documentary of the Van Cliburn competition, directed by Emmy Award winner Peter Rosen, will premiere on PBS October 17, 2001, at 9:30
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Extractions: Med Van Cliburn Det er slik bildet av Van Cliburn umulig Cliburn Van Cliburn Arthur Friedheim som i sin tid var elev av Franz Liszt og Anton Rubinstein 'vise dem hva du kan.' Resten er amerikansk samtidshistorie. Van Cliburn I 1987 var Gorbatsjov Van Cliburn spille, og slik ble det. Det ble igjen en verdensnyhet med Van Cliburn i hovedrollen. Bildene av ham hvor han spilte i Det Hvite Hus for ekteparet Gorbatsjov Gorbatsjov Van Cliburn Eventyret Van Cliburn Van Cliburn Kirill Kondrashin Denne samlingen inneholder den overraskende lite spilte andre klaversonaten av Rahkmaninov, et stor anlagt stykke musikk som er karakterisert som en 'klaverkonsert uten orkester' Hvordan skal vi karakterisere Van Cliburn spill? Han eier ikke den spenstige kraften som eksempelvis en
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Extractions: However, the trade-off is that Cliburn's sense of lyricism and artistic detail has grown and matured over the decades. Best of all, the qualities that set him apart as a young pianist are still in place. He is a pianist who projects sound like few others can, and he transmits that rarest thing musical personality.
Extractions: Nancy Futrell has been practicing medicine for two decades. Lately, another kind of practice has been occupying her time piano practice. The Salt Lake City neurologist is headed for the Van Cliburn Foundation's third International Piano Competition for Outstanding Amateurs, held in June in Fort Worth, Texas. New York City news anchor Lauren Green is back for a third try; also in the field is Justice Department attorney Virginia Lum, a frequent performer on the Temple Square Concert Series. Past winners of the competition were a Starbucks manager and a coin dealer. But the most-represented occupation, by far, is medicine. There will be 14 doctors in the house when the weeklong competition opens June 3.
Extractions: Ever since Jon Nakamatsu was 6 years old, he knew he wanted to become a pianist, but he never thought it could become a career. Moscow At the time, the idea of first prize going to a non-Russian competitor was unheard of. When Van Cliburn brought the victory home, it was a huge musical success for the United States. Nakamatsu said applying for a spot in the Van Cliburn Competition is much like applying for college. It involves a paper application, written recommendations and a screening test. Four years ago, Nakamatsu said he applied for the Van Cliburn Competition and didn't even pass the screening round. But last May, Nakamatsu, a California resident, was awarded the gold medal over about 250 other applicants. He became the first American in 16 years to win the competition. Along with the gold medal, Nakamatsu was awarded a $20,000 cash prize, two years of concert management, a CD release of some of his performances and two full, paid years of touring. Nakamatsu said touring is the most important part of the prize package.
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