Van Cliburn

Harvey Lavan "Van" Cliburn Jr. (July 12, 1934 – February 27, 2013) was an American pianist. At the age of 23, Cliburn achieved worldwide recognition when in 1958 he won the inaugural International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. Cliburn's mother, a piano teacher and an accomplished pianist in her own right, discovered him playing at age three, mimicking one of her students, and arranged for him to start taking lessons. Cliburn developed a rich, round tone and a singing-voice-like phrasing, having been taught from the start to sing each piece. Cliburn toured domestically and overseas. He played for royalty, heads of state, and every US president from Harry S. Truman to Barack Obama.

An American Wins in Russia - 2019-03-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Brahms, Beethoven, Barber & Chopin: Piano Works (Live) - 2018-08-31T00:00:00.000000Z

Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 & Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3 - 2016-07-20T00:00:00.000000Z

Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor & Études-Tableaux - Barber: Piano Sonata, Op. 26 - Liszt: Liebeslied - 2016-04-29T00:00:00.000000Z

Van Cliburn. Beethoven/Liszt/Tchaikovsky - 2016-02-01T00:00:00.000000Z

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