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- The Founders Dr. Irl Allison, founder of the Piano Guild, first broached the idea of starting a Van Cliburn Competition.
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The Van Cliburn International Piano Competition ( The Cliburn) is an American piano competition by The Cliburn, first held in 1962 in Fort Worth, Texas and hosted by the Van Cliburn Foundation.
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First held in 1962, the quadrennial Van Cliburn International Piano Competition quickly established itself as an event that inspires and engages the local community, while gracing the international stage.
2023–2024 CLIBURN CONCERTS. The Van Cliburn International Piano Competition will be held June 2–18, 2022. Explore one of the world's most prestigious piano competitions.
May 28, 2024 · Dr. Irl Allison, founder of the Piano Guild, first broached the idea of starting a Van Cliburn Competition. Above: cover of the Piano Guild News shortly after Allison's death in 1979.
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- 2017
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Feb 29, 2008 · Fifty years ago, a classical pianist from Texas took advantage of a thaw in the Cold War and left for the first International Tchaikovsky Piano Competition in the Soviet Union.
May 28, 2024 · Van Cliburn's triumph in the First Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow in 1958, during the Cold War, inspired the creation of a namesake competition, to be held in Fort Worth, Texas.
