NEWS FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Van Cliburn Foundation,
Inc.
Contacts:
Patrick Bibb, pbibb@cliburn.org, 817.738.6536
Lauren Kwedar, lkwedar@phprinc.com, 800.776.9720
FORT WORTH, TEXAS, August 30, 2012 - 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.
The Cliburn Competition has been called "the
most prestigious classical piano competition in the world" by the
Chicago Tribune and "…a cross between the Miss America
Pageant, the Olympic Games, the Academy Awards, and the Pulitzer
Prize" by the Boston Globe. Only subscription packages
assure patrons the ability to secure tickets to each of the three
rounds of the Fourteenth Van Cliburn International Piano
Competition.
Single tickets will go on sale in the spring of
2013.
Selected from hundreds of applicants, the world's finest young
pianists will audition as far away as Hong Kong and Moscow, and as
close as New York and Fort Worth. Only 30 will be chosen by an
illustrious jury to compete, each a brilliant virtuoso who will
arrive in Fort Worth with one paramount commonality-the dream to
take the world stage.
SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS
Bass Performance Hall, Fort Worth, Texas
Preliminaries: May 24-30, 2013
Semifinals: June 1-4, 2013
Finals: June 6-9, 2013
Awards Ceremony: June 9, 2013
BY ROUND
Preliminary Round (20 concerts)
May 24-30, 2013
The world will be introduced to 30 extraordinary pianists who will
each perform two 45-minute programs of their choosing. The jury
will decide who has what it takes to capture the spotlight.
Subscription: Mezzanine $210; Gallery $110
Preliminary and Semifinal Rounds (28
concerts)
May 24-June 4, 2013
In an incredible four days, 12 semifinalists will perform a
quintet with the renowned Brentano String Quartet and give one
60-minute recital, to include a new work specially-commissioned
from American composer Christopher Theofanidis. Dreams will be made
in this demanding test of collaboration, technique, and
artistry.
Subscription: Mezzanine $490; Gallery $260
COMPLETE
COMPETITION
Complete Competition (32 concerts & Awards
Ceremony)
May 24-June 9, 2013
The Competition reaches its climax as six finalists perform two
concerti with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra under the baton of
Grammy® Award-winning Maestro Leonard Slatkin. The
performances in this grand finale will be sure to have you at the
edge of our seat.
Subscription: Mezzanine $860; Gallery $430
PREMIUM
PACKAGES
Platinum/Golden Circles
The Platinum and Golden Circles are the only subscription packages
that give priority access to seats with the best views for all
three rounds of the Competition and the Awards Ceremony.
Subscribers to the Circles receive invitations to elegant parties
including the Opening Dinner and Draw Party, and the Closing
Reception. Both Circles are also invited to attend special
receptions during intermissions, and receive an Official Program
Book as well as a live CD of the winning performances so they can
listen to the world's best pianists over and over again. Platinum
Circle subscribers have an additional option to purchase limited
access to valet parking at Bass Hall for $300.
Subscription: Platinum $2,000; Golden $1,750
To order a subscription, please call 817.212.4450 or
visit Cliburn.org.
For more information, please visit Cliburn.org.
ABOUT THE VAN CLIBURN FOUNDATION
The Cliburn disseminates classical music worldwide and nurtures
and launches young artists' careers through the quadrennial Van
Cliburn International Piano Competition and ensuing three-year
international concert tours of its medalists as well as
award-winning documentaries, radio broadcasts, and a live webcast
that extends outreach to listeners across the globe.
The Fourteenth Van Cliburn
International Piano Competition will take place May 24-June 9,
2013, at Fort Worth's Bass Performance Hall and will welcome 30 of
the world's finest young pianists to Texas. Continuing its
longstanding commitment to new music, the Cliburn has selected
composer Christopher Theofanidis to write the commissioned work
that will be performed by all competitors during the Semifinal
Round. Additionally, the Competition has been dedicated to
showcasing both the extraordinary talent of its competitors in
recital performance as well as their ability to collaborate with
other musicians. The world-renowned Brentano String Quartet, who
will appear in November with Cliburn Concerts, will make their
competition debut performing a piano quintet with each of the 12
semifinalists. The Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, which has
appeared at every Cliburn Competition, will perform two concerti
with each of the six finalists, under the baton of Maestro Leonard
Slatkin for the first time. Maestro John Giordano will serve as
chairman of the jury for his eleventh Competition since assuming
the post in 1973.
For audiences in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex, the Van
Cliburn Foundation promotes great music and world-class artists
through the annual Cliburn Concerts series. It reaches 33,000
elementary school students annually with the education programs of
Musical Awakenings®. In 1999, it established
the International Piano Competition for Outstanding Amateurs™,
which The Boston Globe proclaimed "a celebration of music,
and the people who have to make music, no matter what." The seventh
Amateur Competition will be held May 2015 at Ed Landreth Auditorium
on the campus of TCU.
Official Sponsors of the Van Cliburn Foundation
are:
Amon G. Carter Foundation
Ann L. & Carol Green Rhodes Charitable Trust Bank of America,
Trustee
Arts Council of Fort Worth & Tarrant County
BNSF Railway Foundation
Crystelle Waggoner Charitable Trust, Bank of America,
Trustee
ExxonMobil
Sid W. Richardson Foundation
The Burnett Foundation
XTO Energy Inc.
Exclusive Print Media Sponsor:
Star-Telegram
Exclusive Radio Station:
WRR 101.1 FM
Official Airline:
American Airlines
Visit Cliburn.org to learn more about the Cliburn during its
50th Anniversary year in 2012 and beyond.
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