Thursday
August 9, 2012
6:00 P.M. - 8:00 P.M
Lanny's
Alta Cocina Mexicana
3405 W. 7th St (map)
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Annual Kick-Off Party
Renew your membership - or become a first time member - and join
us for libations as we kick-off a fabulous competition year!
Special thanks to Wesley Moncrief for making this event
possible
RSVP to 180@cliburn.org
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Thursday
September 6, 2012
6:00 P.M. Cocktails
The Capital Grille
800 Main St. (map)
7:30 P.M. Concert
Bass Performance Hall
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50th Anniversary Gold Medalists Concert & Celebration with
pre-concert cocktails
featuring Ralph Votapek (1962), André-Michel Schub (1981),
Alexander Kobrin (2005), and Haochen Zhang (2009)
with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, Miguel Harth-Bedoya,
conductor
This definitive celebration of the Cliburn's 50th Anniversary
will feature four gold medalists together on stage
for an extraordinary concert experience. They will join the Fort
Worth Symphony under the baton of its much sought-after music
director, Miguel Harth-Bedoya, to perform a specially-crafted
program of concerti.
Immediately following the concert, Carla Kemp Thompson, Van
Cliburn Foundation Chairman of the Board, requests the pleasure of
your company at a Celebration at Bass Hall, made
possible by the generous support of TCU. All concert goers are
invited to attend.
180°s receive complimentary tickets to this concert as part of
their membership. Email 180@cliburn.org to RSVP.
Program:
BACH Concerto for Four Pianos in A minor, BWV 1065
POULENC Concerto in D minor for Two Pianos and Orchestra
MENDELSSOHN Concerto No. 2 in A-flat major for Two Pianos and
Orchestra
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Saturday
October 13, 2012
2:00 P.M. Concert
Modern Art Museum
of Fort Worth
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Derek Bermel, composer
"This composer is an absorber of worlds, drawing on the
sighs and moans of jazz or soul; the ornamental inflections that
pepper Bulgarian folk songs and Irish ballads; the dancing, buzzing
modalisms of the gyil, a West African xylophone." - San Jose
Mercury News
Grammy®-nominated composer and clarinetist Derek
Bermel has been widely hailed for his creativity and theatricality.
His works draw from a rich variety of musical genres, including
classical, jazz, pop, rock, blues, folk, and gospel. Currently
serving as composer-in-residence with the Los Angeles Chamber
Orchestra and creative adviser to the American Composers Orchestra
at Carnegie Hall, Mr. Bermel has received commissions from many of
the world's top orchestras, chamber ensembles, and soloists.
180°s receive complimentary tickets to this concert as part of
their membership. Email 180@cliburn.org to RSVP.
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Wednesday
October 17, 2012
6:30 - 8:30 P.M.
Firestone & Robertson
Distilling Co.
901 W. Vickery Blvd. (map)
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Cocktails & Conversation with Spencer Myer
Join us for an evening with Musical
Awakenings® Artist and 2009 competitor Spencer
Myer. Listen to Spencer Myer talk about the life of a
competitor, take a tour of the distillery and learn about the
distillation, blending and barrel maturation processes from Leonard
Firestone. After the tour, Cliburn 180° members will get to sample
some of Firestone and Robertson's famous blended whiskey.
RSVP to 180@cliburn.org
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Friday
November 16, 2012
Time TBD
Location TBD
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Cliburn 180° fundraiser benefiting Cliburn competitors
Join us for this special event and help us reach our goal to
fund the 180° Preliminary Cash Award for the Van
Cliburn International Piano Competition. To further the spirit of
encouragement and camaraderie among the 180°s and competitors,
Cliburn 180° will provide a $1,000 cash award to all Preliminary
Round competitors who do not advance to the Semifinal Round. We
hope that this prize will enhance the lives of these young artists
and encourage them in their musical pursuits following the
Competition. Click
here for more information about the 180° fundraiser.
More details to come…stay tuned.
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Saturday
January 19, 2013
2:00 P.M. Concert
Modern Art Museum
of Fort Worth
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John Bucchino, composer
"John Bucchino doesn't write songs, he crafts them. His
music is earnest, reflecting the pull of his lyrics and providing a
landscape where his stories take place." - EDGE New York
City
American composer John Bucchino's songs have been performed and
recorded by renowned pop, theatre, cabaret, and classical artists,
including Liza Minnelli, Judy Collins, Yo-Yo Ma, Art Garfunkel,
Patti LuPone, Deborah Voigt, Michael Feinstein, Audra McDonald, The
Boston Pops, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the Mormon
Tabernacle Choir in venues, including Carnegie Hall, The
Metropolitan Opera, The Hollywood Bowl, The Sydney Opera House, and
The White House. The program will feature performances of Mr.
Bucchino's work by Fort Worth Opera's Studio Artists.
180°s receive complimentary tickets to this concert as part of
their membership. Email 180@cliburn.org to RSVP.
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Monday
January 28, 2013
6:00 P.M. Cocktails
Venue TBD
7:30 P.M. Concert
Bass Performance Hall
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Radu Lupu, piano with pre-concert cocktails
"Pianist Radu Lupu may be as close to being the embodiment
of pure music as one can get." - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Radu Lupu is firmly established as one of the most important
musicians of his generation and is widely acknowledged as a leading
interpreter of the works of Beethoven, Brahms, Mozart, and
Schubert. Since winning the Second Cliburn Competition in 1966 and
the Leeds Piano Competition in 1969, Mr. Lupu has regularly
performed as soloist and recitalist in the musical capitals and
major festivals of Europe and the United States. A
Grammy® Award winner, he has made more than 20
recordings for London/Decca.
180°s receive complimentary tickets to this concert as part of
their membership. Email 180@cliburn.org to RSVP.
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Monday
February 18, 2013
6:00 P.M. Cocktails
Venue TBD
7:30 P.M. Concert
Bass Performance Hall
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Joshua Bell, violin with pre-concert cocktails
"The American violinist with movie-star good looks has
emerged as one of the finest musicians of his generation, whose
interpretations can be seriously set beside and favorably compared
to players twice his age. Dead players too." - The Washington
Post
Joshua Bell enchants audiences worldwide with his breathtaking
virtuosity and tone of rare beauty, earning him the title
"classical music superstar." An Avery Fisher Prize recipient and
Musical America's 2010 Instrumentalist of the Year, he is the newly
named music director for The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields.
Mr. Bell came to national attention at age 14 in his debut with
Riccardo Muti and the Philadelphia Orchestra. Today he is equally
at home as a soloist, chamber musician, orchestra leader, and
composer.
Program:
SCHUBERT Rondo for Violin and Piano in B Minor, Op. 70
STRAUSS Sonata for Violin and Piano in E-flat Major, Op. 18
DVOŘÁK Four Romantic Pieces for Violin and Piano, Op. 75
PROKOFIEV Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 2 in D Major, Op. 94
bis
180°s receive complimentary tickets to this concert as part of
their membership. Email 180@cliburn.org to RSVP.
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Thursday
February 28, 2013
Time TBD
Venue TBD
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Cocktails & Conversation with John Giordano
Before the competition begins, Chairman of the Jury John
Giordano will join the 180°s for an evening of conversation about
the upcoming happenings surrounding the competition. More details
to come…stay tuned.
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Saturday
April 6, 2013
2:00 P.M. Concert
Modern Art Museum
of Fort Worth
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Christopher Theofanidis, composer
"What impresses about Theofanidis is his ability to blend
several musical languages once thought to be mutually exclusive…the
results are enormously attractive." - The Washington Post
A native of Dallas, Texas, Christopher Theofanidis is one of the
most widely-performed American composers today. A
Grammy® Award nominee, he writes regularly for a variety
of musical genres, from orchestral and chamber music to opera and
ballet, and was commissioned in 1998 to write Fanfare
Rising for the opening of Bass Performance Hall. His work,
Rainbow Body, has been programmed by over 120 orchestras
internationally. He has been commissioned to compose a new solo
piano work to be performed by each semifinalist in the 2013 Cliburn
Competition.
180°s receive complimentary tickets to this concert as part of
their membership. Email 180@cliburn.org to RSVP.
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March 2013
Time TBD
Venue TBD
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Competition Kick-Off Celebration: Dinner & Dancing
More details to come…stay tuned.
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