Van Cliburn News

Given that summer warmth in Rochester is fleeting, there's no better soundtrack to help indulge the season than the one provided by the many musical organizations throughout the region.

Jun. 29--It was the summer of Apollo 11, Woodstock and Helter Skelter, a tumultuous time of triumph and tragedy.

Piano Tango As presented by Artes de la Rosa and the Van Cliburn Foundation, this is an evening where classical piano and tango dancers meet and bring out the best in each other's artistry.

An album by Nobuyuki Tsujii, a pianist who captured the nation's imagination when he won an international competition recently, rocketed to second place on the latest Oricon weekly music chart.

Nobuyuki Tsujii, 20, receives the gold medal from Van Cliburn for his performances at the 13th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition.

Webcast host Jade Simmons prepares with her crew at the current Cliburn. Herself a pianist, she has thrown herself into advocacy projects and efforts to support young musicians, projects that help her career and classical music.

Young Asian musicians a ' including a blind 20-year-old virtuoso who's become a fan-favourite a ' dominate the list of finalists heading into the last round of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, the 13th edition of which is taking place in Texas.

The last time Stephen Beus was so ... well ... damp onstage, he said, was during a recital in a Lisbon museum that lacked air conditioning.

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-flat major, Op.

Evgeni Bozhanov, 25, of Bulgaria performs in recital Monday on the fourth day of the preliminary round of the 13th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition.

The Van Cliburn international piano competition has the unique quality of capturing the imagination of the non-music obsessed and classical aficianados alike.

A group of 29 accomplished young musicians will buckle down to an intense 17 days of piano-playing on Friday, as they vie for the top prize at the 13th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition.

In the past, when it came time to determine which nationality all but dominated the list of pianists entering the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, a 1966 film easily summed up the answer: The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming .

Rock 'n' roll had its British invasion, and now classical music seems to be enjoying an Asian invasion.

Cliburn street plan moves on FORT WORTH - City Council members took the first step in naming a street after Van Cliburn on Tuesday.

Pianist Roberto Plano will perform at 8 p.m. April 17 at Bennett Gordon Hall at Ravinia Festival, Lake Cook and Green Bay roads.

Lawrence Leighton Smith is artistic director and conductor of the Sunriver Music Festival.

By ANDREW MARTON From superstar cellist Yo-Yo Ma to the star-is-born potential of the winner of the upcoming Cliburn Competition, the 2009-10 Cliburn Concerts season lineup, announced today by the Van Cliburn Foundation, is packed with fresh faces and familiar classical music talent.

While Chetan Tierra never learned to surf while growing up in Santa Cruz, he did learn to love music from his father, herbalist Michael Tierra.

In the latest in a series of cancellations and postponements plaguing the Kravis Center, pianist Andr Watts canceled his appearance at the Regional Arts Concert Series, which was supposed to take place Monday.