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FWISD children's banners will be selected by a volunteer committee to fly on Main Street in downtown for several weeks during the Competition.

Jacques Marquis, Cliburn president and CEO, today announced the line-up for the 2013-2014 Cliburn Concerts season. This unique performance series presents the world's most celebrated artists to North Texas audiences annually-now, in three of the area's finest venues: Bass Performance Hall, the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, and the new Piano Pavilion of the Kimbell Art Museum. Subscription packages range from $40 to $300 and go on sale Friday, April 19 at 10:00 a.m. online at Cliburn.org or by calling 817.212.4450.

The Cliburn will host a dynamic multi-camera live webcast of the Fourteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, taking place May 24-June 9, 2013, at Fort Worth's Bass Performance Hall. Available at Cliburn.org, the webcast will bring the Competition to life around the world in real time with over 110 hours of live broadcasts of performances, interview segments, and awards ceremonies over the 17-day period. It will also include hours of other compelling material, including symposia, competitor profiles, special tributes to Van Cliburn, taped interviews, featurettes on the many aspects of the Competition (including its 1,200 volunteer force), and other behind-the-scenes glimpses.

Carla Kemp Thompson, chairman of the Van Cliburn Foundation Board of Directors, announced today that Jacques Marquis has been named president and CEO for the Cliburn, effective immediately.

The Cliburn announces the 30 competitors selected to participate in the Fourteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, taking place May 24-June 9, 2013, at Fort Worth's Bass Performance Hall. The pianists were chosen from a talented pool of 132 applicants who were invited to audition live in front of a five-member screening jury in Hong Kong, Hannover, Moscow, Milan, New York, and Fort Worth in January and February 2013.

The Cliburn presents 2009 Cliburn Silver Medalist Yeol eum Son on Tuesday, March 12, 2013, at 7:30 p.m. at Bass Performance Hall with a program including: WEBER-LISZT Overture to Der Freischutz; SCHUBERT-GODOWSKY Litanei auf das Fest Allerseelen, D. 343, Wiegenlied; MENDELSSOHN-RACHMANINOV Scherzo from "A Midsummer Night's Dream;" STRAUSS-TAUSIG Man lebt nur einmal, Op. 167; BEETHOVEN 33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120.

Additional subscriptionsto the Fourteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, taking place May 24-June 9, 2013, at Bass Performance Hallin Fort Worth, Texas, will go on sale this Friday, February 15, 2013, at 10:00 a.m. online at Cliburn.org, by telephone at 817.212.4450, or in person at the Bass Performance Hall Box Office. New options include subscriptions to the Semifinal and Final Rounds, and individual tickets to the Awards Ceremony.Patrons must be 10 years or older to attend.

The Cliburn presents violinist Joshua Bell with pianist Sam Haywood, on Monday, February 18, 2013, at 7:30 p.m. at Bass Performance Hall with a program including: SCHUBERT Sonatina in A minor D. 385, Op. posth. 137, No. 2; STRAUSS Sonata for Violin and Piano in E-flat Major, Op. 18; PROKOFIEV Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 2 in D Major, Op. 94 bis.; and additional works to be announced from the stage.

The Cliburn concludes its international Screening Auditions at TCU's Ed Landreth Auditorium on February 20-22, in preparation for the Fourteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition (May 24-June 9, 2013, in Fort Worth, Texas). From around the world, 133 pianists were selected to participate in live Screening Auditions in Hong Kong, Hannover, Milan, Moscow, New York City, and Fort Worth. Each applicant performs a 40-minute recital featuring repertoire of the pianist's choosing before an audience and distinguished five-member jury. All performances are free and open to the public.

The Cliburn presents Radu Lupu, 1966 Cliburn Gold Medalist, on Monday, January 28, 2013, at 7:30 p.m. at Bass Performance Hall in its Cliburn at the Bass series with a program including: SCHUBERT Four Impromptus, Op. 142, D. 935; FRANCK Prelude, Chorale and Fugue; and DEBUSSY Préludes, Deuxième Livre.

As the Cliburn concludes its 50th anniversary celebration and looks toward the Fourteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition (May 24-June 9, 2013, in Fort Worth, Texas), 133 pianists from around the world will participate in Screening Auditions in Hong Kong, Germany, Italy, Russia, and the United States. Each applicant will perform a 40-minute recital featuring repertoire of the pianist's choosing before a live audience and distinguished five-member jury. Screening Auditions will take place January 5-25 in Europe and Asia, and February 11-22 in the United States. All performances are free and open to the public.

The Cliburn presents the Brentano String Quartet, the string quartet for the Fourteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, on Tuesday, November 13, 2012, at 7:30 p.m. at Bass Performance Hall in its Cliburn at the Bass series debut with a program including: PURCELL Selected Fantasias; BARTÓK String Quartet No. 4; HAYDN String Quartet in D Minor, Op. 42, Hob. III: 43; BRAHMS String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 51, No. 2.

Cliburn at the Modern will open its 2012-2013 season with Grammy^®-nominated composer and clarinetist Derek Bermel on Saturday, October 13, 2012, at 2:00 p.m. at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth with performance and discussion moderated by Shields-Collins Bray.read more >>

Subscriptions to the Fourteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, scheduled for May 24-June 9, 2013, at Bass Performance Hall in Fort Worth, Texas, will go on sale this Friday, August 31, 2012, at 10:00 a.m. online at Cliburn.org, by telephone at 817.212.4450, or in person at the Bass Performance Hall Box Office.

Kristin Anderson has won the Cliburn's third Amateur Piano Video Contest, assuring Ms. Anderson a berth in the seventh International Piano Competition for Outstanding Amateurs, to be held in May 2015 in Fort Worth, Texas.read more >>

The 2012-2013 Cliburn Concerts season opens with ideal 50th Anniversary fanfare on Thursday evening, September 6, 2012, beginning with a program that features four Van Cliburn International Piano Competition gold medalists and the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor, and ending with a Fort Worth-style celebration.read more >>

Single tickets for the upcoming 2012-2013 Cliburn Concerts series will be available for purchase beginning Friday, August 3, 2012 at 10 a.m. Individual tickets for Cliburn at the Bass performances range in price from $20 to $90 with the exception of the 50th Anniversary Gold Medalists Concert, which range from $35 to $105read more >>

The Cliburn at the Modern series welcomes soprano Angela Turner Wilson to the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth on Saturdat, April 14, 2012, atread more >>

National Endowment of the Arts (NEA) Chairman Rocco Landesman announced this week that the Van Cliburn Foundation is one of 78 not-for-profit national, regional, state, and local organizations nationwide to receive an NEA Arts in Media grant. The Cliburnread more >>

The Van Cliburn Foundation announced today that it will host its third Cliburn Amateur Piano Video Contest this summer. The competition is open to amateur pianists age 35 and older by June 15, 2012, who do not derive their primary source of income fromread more >>

In honor of its yearlong 50th Anniversary celebration, the Van Cliburn Foundation will host a special concert featuring International Piano Competition for Outstanding Amateurs winners Michael Hawley (2002, First Prize), Drew Mays (2007, First Prize),read more >>

Alann Bedford Sampson, Van Cliburn Foundation interim president and CEO, announced today that IMG Artists will manage engagements in Europe and Asia for the gold medalist of the Fourteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, to be held May 24-Junread more >>

Internationally-hailed pianist Emanuel Ax will take the stage of Bass Performance Hall as part of the Cliburn Concerts series on Tuesday, May 1, 2012, at 7:30 p.m. Widely regarded as one of the most distinctive pianists of his generation, Mr. Ax will cread more >>

The Van Cliburn Foundation has announced that acclaimed, Grammy® Award-winning baritone Nathan Gunn will perform his Cliburn Concerts debut recital on Tuesday, March 20, 2012, at 7:30 p.m. Mr. Gunn, whose appearance also marks his first Bass Hall performread more >>

Alann Bedford Sampson, Van Cliburn Foundation interim president and CEO, today announced the artists for the 2012-2013 Cliburn Concerts season. This unique performance series presents the world's most elite classical artists to North Texas audiencesread more >>

Cliburn Concerts welcomes internationally-hailed soprano Deborah Voigt, with pianist Brian Zeger, to Bass Performance Hall on Tuesday, March 20, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. Praised for her lyricism, beauty of tone, and dramatic acuity, Ms. Voigt will thrill audiencread more >>

The Van Cliburn Foundation will celebrate its 50th Anniversary with a festive Gala, to be held Saturday, March 3, 2012 at 7 p.m. at the Water Gardens Plaza entrance to the Fort Worth Convention Center. The black-tie party, which will hearken back to thread more >>

Mariangela Vacatello, finalist and winner of the Internet Audience Award at the 2009 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, will present a free concert on Monday, March 5, 2012 at 6:00 p.m. at ACH Child & Family Services, located at 3712 Wichita

Cliburn at the Bass will welcome the renowned Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center to Bass Performance Hall on Monday, February 27, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. Widely considered the nation's premier repertory ensemble, Chamber Music Society (CMS) artists Erin

The Van Cliburn Foundation will celebrate its 50th Anniversary with a festive Gala, to be held Saturday, March 3, 2012 at 7 p.m. at the Water Gardens Plaza entrance to the Fort Worth Convention Center.

The Cliburn at the Modern series welcomes pianist Anthony de Mare to the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth on Saturday, February 4, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. Considered one of the world's foremost champions of new music, he will present a program of works from his

The Van Cliburn Foundation is embarking on a yearlong celebration of its 50th Anniversary, honoring a half-century of showcasing extraordinary talent and promoting excellence in classical music worldwide. It will present events designed

Pianist Joyce Yang, silver medalist and winner of the Steven De Groote Award for Best Performance of Chamber Music and the Beverley Taylor Smith Award for Best Performance of a New Work at the Twelfth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in 2005,

The Van Cliburn Foundation announced today that Nobuyuki Tsujii and Haochen Zhang, co-gold medalists of the 2009 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, have each signed with professional artist management firms. Effective immediately, Mr. Tsujii's

The Van Cliburn Foundation has commissioned Christopher Theofanidis to compose a new work that will be performed by all semifinalists during the Fourteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, to be held May 24

In celebration of the Cliburn's 50th Anniversary and its longstanding commitment to new music, the Van Cliburn Foundation and Crow Collection of Asian Art will present a special recital of Cliburn Competition

The Van Cliburn Foundation presents Vladimir Feltsman at Bass Performance Hall in Fort Worth on Tuesday, November 16, 2010 at 7:30 p.m. for a concert including performances of Mozart's

The Cliburn at the Modern series welcomes award-winning American composer John Corigliano to the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth on Saturday, October 29, 2011, at 2:00 p.m. Widely considered one of the most prolific and influential living composers,

The board of directors for the Van Cliburn Foundation unanimously voted to enhance the first prize package for the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, beginning with the Fourteenth Competition in 2013: the cash award, which was

The Cliburn Concerts series proudly welcomes 24-year-old piano sensation Yuja Wang on Tuesday, October 11, 2011 at 7:30 p.m. at Bass Performance Hall. Heralded by The Detroit News as "simply the most important pianist to appear in recent years," she

Fort Worth, Texas, September 26, 2011-This evening the Van Cliburn Foundation unveiled the commissioned artwork that will be the signature image representing the Fourteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition,

FORT WORTH, TEXAS, SEPTEMBER 12, 2011-The Van Cliburn Foundation has announced that pianist Conrad Tao will perform in recital at Bass Performance Hall on Tuesday, September 13, 2011 at

The Van Cliburn Foundation has appointed Alann Bedford Sampson as interim president and CEO as it prepares to conduct an international search to permanently fill the position. Sampson assumes the role effective September 1, 2011.

Single tickets for the upcoming 2011-2012 Cliburn Concerts series will be available for purchase beginning tomorrow, Friday, August 12, 2011 at 10 a.m. Individual tickets range in price

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For the first time ever, all performances and awards ceremonies for the Van Cliburn Foundation's International Piano Competition for Outstanding Amateurs™ will be streamed live over the Internet. Viewers can visit

Fort Worth, Texas, MAY 13, 2011-They Came to Play, the stunning documentary chronicling the Van Cliburn Foundation's fifth International Piano Competition for Outstanding Amateurs™ <

This year, the Amateur Competition will bring together a diverse group of 77 of the world's finest non-professional pianists, ranging in age from 35 to 79 years old. They represent 18 nationalities and hail from 11 different countries including: Australia

FORT WORTH, TEXAS, March 31, 2011--The 2010-2011 Cliburn Concerts Series will come to an thrilling close on Tuesday, April 12, 2011 at 7:30 p.m. with a performance by the

Fort Worth, Texas, March 30, 2011--Since 2007, the Van Cliburn Foundation has presented free Community Concerts annually throughout Fort Worth with the goal of making the finest in classical music accessible to all. This

Fort Worth, Texas, March 15, 2011--Yeol  eum Son, silver medalist of the 2009 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, will present a free concert on Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at 7:30 p.m. at Fort Worth

Fort Worth, Texas, March 31, 2011-David Chambless Worters, president & CEO of the Van Cliburn Foundation, announced today that the Fourteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition will take place May 2

FORT WORTH, Texas, March 6, 2011-David Chambless Worters, Cliburn Foundation President & CEO, today announced the line-up for the 2011-2012 Cliburn Concerts season. Since its inception 35 years ago, this unique performance series

Fort Worth, Texas, March 1, 2011---President Barack Obama will honor pianist Van Cliburn with the National Medal of Arts tomorrow afternoon in a ceremony at the

Pianist Stephen Hough will take the stage of Bass Performance Hall as part of the Cliburn Concerts series on Tuesday, March 1, 2011 at 7:30 p.m. in his exclusive Metrople

The Cliburn Concerts series proudly welcomes internationally praised Mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato to Bass Performance Hall on Tuesday, February 8, 2011 at 7:30 p.m. With

The Van Cliburn Foundation proudly announces that it will hold its annual gala on Saturday, March 5, 2011 at the Botanical Research Institute of Texas' brand new, state-of-the-art facility.

The sixth International Piano Competition for Outstanding Amateurs will take place May 23-29, 2011 at Ed Landreth Auditorium on the campus of TCU in Fort Worth. The competition, established in 1999 as the first of its kind in the United States, is open

The Juilliard String Quartet will make its first appearance in Cliburn Concerts history on Tuesday, October 12, 2010, 7:30 p.m. at Bass Performance Hall during a year of touring

FORT WORTH, Tex., September 1, 2010-Alann Bedford Sampson, chairman of the Van Cliburn Foundation board of directors, announced today that David Chambless Worters has been named president & chief executive office

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The Van Cliburn Foundation has teamed up once again with nationally recognized educator John Feierabend to write three exciting new interactive programs for the Musical Awakenings® children's education

The Van Cliburn International Piano Competition has been called "the musical Olympics of the western world" by the Milwaukee Journal. PBS presents A Surprise in Texas: The Thirteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, featuring the final

The 2010-2011 Cliburn Concerts season includes performances from three Cliburn gold medalists: Haochen Zhang, Nobuyuki Tsujii and Olga Kern.

The Van Cliburn Foundation will host its sixth International Piano Competition for Outstanding Amateurs May 23-29, 2011. Applications are now being accepted online and by mail for all interested competitors. Full details on the application process can

When popular American clarinetist Jon Manasse and 1997 Cliburn gold medalist Jon Nakamatsu first shared a concert stage five years ago, the two became best of friends while rapidly developing a reputation as one of the premier chamber duos touring today.

The documentary, produced and directed by award-winning film maker Peter Rosen, will premiere at the Dallas International Film Festival April 11 with a repeat screening April 12.

Cellist Yo-Yo Ma, one of America's most beloved musicians, collaborates with British pianist Kathryn Stott in what is sure to be a sold-out Bass Hall performance.

The Dallas Symphony Orchestra and The Van Cliburn Foundation today announce plans to honor the 10 year anniversary of acclaimed pianist Olga Kern's notable Gold Medal win of the Eleventh Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in 2001 with a special

Alann Bedford Sampson, Chairman and Executive pro tem of the Van Cliburn Foundation, announced the 2010-2011 season of Cliburn Concerts today. The season will be comprised of six concerts at the acclaimed Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass Performance Hall, an

Cliburn Concerts to Present Pianist Ursula Oppens At The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth on Saturday, February 20, 2010 at 2:00 PM

Grammy Award-Nominated Pianist, Marc-André Hamelin To Perform At Bass Performance Hall On Tuesday, February 2, 2010 At 7:30 PM.

Violinist Michael Shih, who holds the Mr. and Mrs. Sid R. Bass Chair as concertmaster of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, will make his Cliburn at the Bass debut on Tuesday, January 12, 2010.

The Winner of the 1970 Chopin International Piano Competition, pianist Garrick Ohlsson will lead the Van Cliburn Foundation's celebration of the 200th birthday of Frédéric Chopin.

pianist Gabriela Montero will give her Cliburn at the Bass debut on October 6, 2009.

Richard Rodzinski retires after twenty-three years as president of the Van Cliburn Foundation. New professional opportunity to be announced by year's end. Seamless administrative transition anticipated as Alann Bedford Sampson, four-term board chairman,

Cliburn Concerts will launch its 2009-2010 season with the Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass gold medalist of the Thirteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, Nobuyuki Tsujii, on Tuesday, September 22, 2009 at 7:30 p.m.

August 19, 2009

JANICE L. MAYER NAMED DIRECTOR OF ARTISTIC PLANNING & COMMUNICATION AT THE VAN CLIBURN FOUNDATION

Beginning September 1, 2009, the Van Cliburn Foundation will host its second Cliburn YouTube Contest for Amateur Pianists

July 9, 2009

VAN CLIBURN FOUNDATION TO RECEIVE RECOVERY ACT GRANT FROM NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS 

The jury of the Thirteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition has selected six pianists to advance to the Final Round of the competition.

From Twenty-Nine to Twelve: Top Young Pianists Advance to the Semifinal Round of the Thirteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition

Competitors draw for order of play

The Thirteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition will host twenty-nine competitors instead of the previously announced thirty.

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The competitors of the Thirteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition have selected four new works by American composers to be included in their Semifinal Round programs.

Season Tickets Now on Sale

The Van Cliburn Foundation has announced the names of the thirty young pianists selected to compete in the Thirteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, to be held May 22-June 7 in Fort Worth's Bass Performance Hall.

Four Cliburn gold medalists to reunite on one stage, Tuesday, March 17 at 7:30 P.M.

"Better Chopin playing than this is not to be heard, not anywhere."
-Financial Times

David Pogue, New York Times columnist and Emmy Award-winning TV correspondent, to host February 11, 2009 special event kicking off the Cliburn New York Screening Recitals at Rockefeller University's Caspary Auditorium

Cliburn at the Bass presents piano sensation Yundi Li in his Dallas/Fort Worth recital debut, Tuesday, January 20 at 7:30 p.m. in Bass Performance Hall.

Van Cliburn Foundation announces 157 young pianists from 37 countries accepted to audition in the Worldwide Screening Recitals for the Thirteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition

A competition within a competition: the third American Composers Invitational at the Cliburn 2009

Cliburn at the Bass presents great American pianist Richard Goode in recital on October 28 at 7:30 p.m.

Van Cliburn Foundation introduces new logo to promote mission, enhance brand

Piano duo Anderson & Roe to replace Gabriela Montero for October 7 Cliburn at the Kimbell concert

Cliburn at the Modern: An Evening with Sebastian Currier will move to a new date - November 20.

World-renowned pianist Rudolf Buchbinder will open the 2008-2009 Cliburn Concerts season on Thursday, September 25 at 7:30 p.m. in Bass Performance Hall.

Subscriptions to the Thirteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition (Cliburn 2009), to be held May 22 to June 7, 2009 at Bass Performance Hall, will go on sale this Friday, August 29, 2008 at 9:00 a.m.

The Van Cliburn Foundation, in collaboration with Artes de la Rosa, will present Piano Flamenco!, a unique live concert blending classical piano and flamenco music and dance on Thursday, June 26, 2008, at 6:00 p.m. at the Rose Marine Theater (144

The Van Cliburn Foundation has announced the winner of its first-ever YouTube Contest for amateur pianists. Christopher Shih, a gastroenterologist from Maryland, won the contest by popular vote.

Cliburn at the Modern will present Tony-Award winning American composer/lyricist Adam Guettel on Tuesday, May 13, 2008, at 7:30 p.m. in the Auditorium of the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth (3200 Darnell Street).

The Van Cliburn Foundation will present the Cliburn Concerts debut of internationally acclaimed mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter on Monday, April 21, 2008, at 7:30 p.m. in Bass Performance Hall.

Highlights include four Cliburn gold medalists on one stage; the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, conducted from the keyboard by Rudolf Buchbinder; pianists Richard Goode, Yundi Li, and Gabriela Montero; and composer Jake Heggie

"Pianistic force of nature." (Los Angeles Times)

"...the biggest, most exciting young keyboard talent in many a year." (The Chicago Tribune)

Van Cliburn Foundation Announces YouTube Contest for Amateur Competition Entry

Grammy Award-winning American violinist Joshua Bell will return to the Cliburn Concerts stage on Tuesday, March 4, 2008, at 7:30 p.m. in Bass Performance Hall

Cliburn Concerts will present the world-renowned Academy of Ancient Music in its Cliburn Concerts debut on Monday, February 18, 2008 at 7:30 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church of Fort Worth (1000 Penn Street, Fort Worth)

The Van Cliburn Foundation has rescheduled the highly anticipated January 15 appearance by celebrated pianist André Watts at Bass Performance Hall, due to illness. The new date for Mr. Watts' recital is Thursday, January 31 at 7:30 p.m.

André Watts has something rare among pianists-a sort of hotline between the inner passions and the keyboard....- New York Times

Cliburn at the Bass proudly welcomes André Watts, one of today's most celebrated and beloved pianists,

The Van Cliburn Foundation has announced the appointment of Jim Fredericks as its new chief operating officer.

Cliburn Concerts presents the Takács Quartet at the Kimbell Art Museum, December 4, 2008.

The Cliburn proudly presents THE CLIBURN: 50 YEARS OF GOLD, a 60-minute documentary produced by Peter Rosen Productions, Inc. and presented by the North Texas PBS affiliate KERA Channel 13 television.  THE CLIBURN: 50 YEARS OF GOLD airs Friday, September 28, 2012, 9:00 p.m. EDT / 8 p.m. CDT (check local listings) on PBS stations across the country.read more >>

Subscriptions to the Fourteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, scheduled for May 24-June 9, 2013, at Bass Performance Hall in Fort Worth, Texas, will go on sale this Friday, August 31, 2012, at 10:00 a.m. online at Cliburn.org

FORT WORTH, TEXAS, SEPTEMBER 6, 2011-The 35th season of the celebrated Cliburn Concerts series will begin on Tuesday, September 13, 2011 at 7:30 p.m. at Bass Performance Hall with a thrilling performance by acclaimed Canadian pianist Louis Lortie. Commemo

A Surprise in Texas: The Thirteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, the Peter Rosen-directed film chronicling the 2009 Cliburn Competition, has won the 2011 ECHO Klassik Award for Be

Fort Worth, Texas, June 21, 2011-Van Cliburn, cherished American pianist and winner of the first-ever International Tchaikovsky Piano Competition in 1958, departed Fort Worth for Moscow yesterday to serve as honorary chairman for the

Fort Worth, Texas, May 25, 2011-Following three days of thrilling Preliminary Round performances, 25 pianists have been selected from a field of 70 competitors to advance to

FORT WORTH, TEXAS, March 24, 2011--The Cliburn at the Modern series welcomes award-winning, American composer Joan Tower with flutist Eugenia Zukerman to the Modern Art Museum of

David Chambless Worters, President & CEO of the Van Cliburn Foundation, announced today that Sandra Doan will become the Cliburn's director of artistic planning effective immediately. In this capacity, Ms. Doan will be responsible for the career

FORT WORTH, Texas, January 19, 2011---The Van Cliburn Foundation has elected its new board of directors and is proud to announce Carla Kemp Thompson as chairman.

January 6, 2011

The Van Cliburn Foundation presents Dong-ill Shin at Broadway Baptist Church in Fort Worth on Sunday, January 23, 2011 at 4:00 p.m. in a concert featuring works by renowned French composers Charles-Marie Widor, César Franck, Jehan Alain, and Marcel Durpé.

Richard Rodzinski, president of the Van Cliburn Foundation, today announced his retirement in preparation for a new opportunity he hopes to announce shortly.

Thirteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition Winners Announced

The Van Cliburn Foundation has announced the cancellation of its February 2 Cliburn at the Modern Piano Now concert, due to a scheduling conflict.

Cliburn at the Modern opens the season with Sebastian Currier, Grand Prize winner of the Cliburn's second American Composers Invitational.

Honorary Chairmen President George W. Bush and President Vladimir Putin Highlight Mr. Cliburn's Historic Impact on East-West Relations