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Van Cliburn
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Van Cliburn (b. Harvey Lavan Cliburn Jr., July 12, 1934 - February 27, 2013), is an American pianist who achieved worldwide recognition in 1958, when at age 23, he won the first quadrennial International Tchaikovsky Piano Competition in Moscow, at the height of the Cold War. Cliburn was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, and began taking piano lessons at the age of three from his mother, Rildia Bee O'Bryan (who had been taught by Arthur Friedheim, a pupil of Franz Liszt). When Cliburn was six, he and his family moved to Kilgore, Texas, and at twelve he won a statewide piano competition which enabled him to debut with the Houston Symphony Orchestra. He entered The Juilliard School at age 17, and studied under Rosina Lhévinne, who trained him in the tradition of the great Russian romanticists. At age 20, Cliburn won the Leventritt Award, and made his Carnegie Hall debut. His triumph in Moscow propelled Cliburn to international prominence. The first International Tchaikovsky Competition in 1958 was an event designed to demonstrate Soviet cultural superiority during the Cold War, after the USSR's technological victory with the Sputnik launch in October 1957. Cliburn's performance at the competition finale of Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 and Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3 on April 13 earned him a standing ovation lasting eight minutes. After the ovation, Van Cliburn made a brief speech in Russian, and then resumed his seat at the piano and began to play—to the surprise and
top songs
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Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat, Op. 73 "Emperor"/Adagio un poco mosso
1,3092Scherzo No. 3 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 39 (1997 Remastered)
1,2803Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18: Adagio sostenuto
1,1354Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 23: Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso
1,0765Waltz in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 64, No. 2
9446Un Sospiro
9137Etude in E, Op. 10, No. 3 (1997 Remastered)
9138Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18/Adagio sostenuto
7799Étude No. 3 in E Major, Op. 10
67510Ballade No. 3 in A-Flat Major, Op. 47
654albums
Tchaikovsky: Concerto No. 1/Rachmaninoff: Concerto No. 2
The World's Favorite Piano Music
Van Cliburn - Complete Album Collection
My Favorite Chopin
Rachmaninoff / Beethoven: Piano Concertos
My Favorite Liszt
The Essential Van Cliburn
A Romantic Collection / Liszt Sonata
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The World's Favourite Piano Music
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Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 - Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3
Van Cliburn In Moscow
An American Wins in Russia