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The first Cliburn YouTube Contest was held in Spring 2008 as part of a search for pianists to compete in the next International Piano Competition for Outstanding Amateurs, to be held in May 2011. Dr. Christopher Shih was the winner of the first contest.
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Van Cliburn, the legendary classical pianist and namesake of the prestigious contest held every four years, told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram that Tsujii’s playing was “absolutely miraculous” and “truly divine” ... First time I've heard of a piano contest that has a chamber music section though.
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The event is an offshoot of the prestigious Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, named for the acclaimed pianist who gained prominence after winning the first Tchaikovsky International Competition in Moscow in 1958. The Cliburn contest is now held every four years in the pianist's hometown of Fort Worth,
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The event is an offshoot of the prestigious Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, named for the acclaimed pianist who gained prominence after winning the first Tchaikovsky International Competition in Moscow in 1958. The Cliburn contest is now held every four years in the pianist’s hometown of Fort Worth,
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Slava Levin, an Overland Park Internet technology manager, reached the finals of the Van Cliburn Foundation’s amateur piano competition in Fort Worth, Texas, today.
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May 31, 2008 - Dr. Christopher Shih, a gastroenterologist who also knows his way around the works of Chopin and Bach, won the Van Cliburn Foundation’s first YouTube piano contest for amateurs aged 35 and over, the organization said yesterday.
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Russia's Alexander Kobrin, 25, won the gold medal Sunday night at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in Fort Worth, Texas, a prestigious 17-day contest known for launching classical music careers.
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As in his earlier book, Understanding Toscanini ( LJ 12/15/86), Horowitz explores the popularizing and marketing of classical music, here focusing on the "quintessential" American competition, the International Van Cliburn piano contest.
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To worldwide astonishment, though, the first prize in piano went to a gangly, drawling 23-year-old Texan. So loaded had the contest been that Van Cliburn's award had to be approved by Khrushchev himself.
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