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	Van Cliburn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Van Cliburn (born July 12, 1934) is an American pianist who achieved worldwide recognition in 1958 when, at the age of 23, he won the first quadrennial International Tchaikovsky Piano Competition in Moscow, at the height of the Cold War.
		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.
		In 1962, Cliburn became the artistic advisor for the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Van_Cliburn (555 words)

	Van Cliburn (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Van Cliburn, (born July 12, 1934) is an American pianist who achieved worldwide recognition in 1958 when at the age of 24 he won the first Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition in Moscow, at the height of the Cold War.
		Cliburn made his orchestra debut in 1947 with the Houston Symphony Orchestra In 1948, at age 14, he gave a recital in Carnegie Hall.
		In 1962, he became the artistic advisor for the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition.
	www.bidprobe.com /en/wikipedia/v/va/van_cliburn.html (275 words)

	Van Cliburn biography : albums : icebergradio.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Pianist Van Cliburn was arguably the most celebrated classical performer of the modern era, renowned for his flawless technical prowess and unparalleled romantic sensibility.
		Cliburn continued studying under his mother, going on to win the Texas State Prize in 1947 and later appearing in concert with the Houston Symphony Orchestra.
		By 1989, Cliburn was again performing with some regularity, and in 1994, he mounted a 16-city national tour, allowing a new generation of fans to experience him in the live arena for the first time.
	www.icebergradio.com /artist/35280/modest_mouse.html (401 words)

	Pianist Van Cliburn To Receive Honorary Degree From Southern Methodist University
		In 1962, he established the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, which is held every four years in Fort Worth to encourage the development of young artists.
		Cliburn played in public for the first time at the age of four, and at the age of 12 made his orchestral debut with the Houston Symphony as the winner of a statewide competition for young pianists in Texas.
		Cliburn studied piano with his mother, Rildia Bee O'Bryan Cliburn, from the age of three until he entered The Juilliard School at 17 to study with Rosina Lhevinne.
	www.smu.edu /newsinfo/releases/00328.html (506 words)

	Van Cliburn Retrospective Series, Volume 3 - 1969 Competition (1 CD) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		From hundreds of hopefuls who apply for acceptance in the Cliburn, only a select number are invited to Fort Worth to take part in a grueling round of eliminations that little-by-little narrows the field to a half dozen pianists.
		This requirement was added at the specific request of Cliburn himself, who felt that it would provide a sort of musical litmus test to detect aspects of a pianist’s talent that might not emerge otherwise.
		Because the Cliburn is geared to launching careers instead of merely extending a helping hand, it eventually reached the mature decision to do away with specific repertoire requirements.
	www.vaimusic.com /CD/1147.shtml (450 words)

	Van Cliburn plays Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov - A Good-Music-Guide Review
		Cliburn's choice is bold: the Tchaikovsky First Piano Concerto, and the Rachmaninov Third.
		Although Cliburn is clearly the best, he has one great disadvantage in their eyes: he is American.
		Gorbachev invited Van Cliburn back to Russia for a series of concerts which were a huge success.
	www.good-music-guide.com /reviews/035_van_cliburn.htm (774 words)

	Time: The reluctant virtuoso: pianist Van Cliburn returns to the stage, enigmatic as ever.@ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The year was 1958, and the man of the hour was a rangy young pianist from Texas named Van Cliburn.
		As the winner of the first Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, Cliburn was front-page news, the cultural vanquisher of the Red Menace; in New York City he was given a ticker-tape parade.
		Cliburn was condemned by an adoring public to repeat again and again the...
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:16141982&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf (200 words)

	Van Cliburn: Concert Pianist [CC]: Classical DVD Reviews- May 2004 MusicWeb(UK) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The importance of Cliburn as cultural diplomat (the power of music over politics) in the wake of his Moscow triumph of 1958 is considered.
		Always Cliburn’s legato is a defining factor in his art - interestingly, Leontyne Price says that, as a singer, she emulated his legato (usually, of course, it is the pianist who is encouraged to think vocally!).
		Cliburn played for every President of the United States in his lifetime since Eisenhower, a measure of the recognition accorded to his art.
	www.musicweb-international.com /classrev/2004/May04/Cliburn_DVD.htm (802 words)

	Van Cliburn at The Kennedy Center: Making a Humane World One Note at a Time
		Van Cliburn had already stirred the sold-out crowd to its feet three separate times during his February 25 performance at the Kennedy Center.
		Cliburn, in fact, wasn't just cradling Cedric; he was hugging him and, at one point, even planted a kiss on the pooch's head.
		Van Cliburn, the ambassador noted, was "not only a great American, but a great Russian, because of his great feeling for Tchaikovsky, which is so close to the Russian soul."
	www.hsus.org /about_us/our_50th_anniversary_19542004/an_evening_with_van_cliburn/van_cliburn_at_the_kennedy_center_making_a_humane_world_one_note_at_a_time.html (1279 words)

	Amazon.com: Van Cliburn: My Favorite Rachmaninoff: Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Cliburn has a touch both powerful and intimate and appears to have mastered not only the physical demands of the music but has also grasped the emotional aspect.
		Van Cliburn performs the original version which remains intensely emotional and a showpiece of Romanticism.
		Van Cliburn is an amazing performer, but in my mind missed the mark with this one.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00004SSEH?v=glance (1446 words)

	Metroactive Music \| Van Cliburn
		From that moment on, Van Cliburn would be recognized as one of America's most bankable musical superstars.
		Clarity is central to Cliburn's playing; with commendable consistency he has resisted the popular practice of overpersonalizing the romantic repertoire.
		Van Cliburn appears with the San Jose Symphony Saturday (Sept. 21) at 8pm (cocktails at 5:30pm; dinner at 6:30pm; postconcert reception at 10pm) at the San Jose Center for the Performing Arts, 255 Almaden Blvd., San Jose.
	www.metroactive.com /papers/metro/09.19.96/classical-9638.html (852 words)

	AllRefer.com - Van Cliburn (Music: History, Composers, And Performers, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Van Cliburn (Harvey Lavan Cliburn)[klI´burn] Pronunciation Key, 1934–;, American pianist, b.
		Shreveport, La. Until 1951, Cliburn studied with his mother, a concert pianist, and became a pupil of Rosina LhEvinne at the Juilliard School of Music.
		Cliburn won the 1958 International Tchaikovsky Piano Competition in Moscow.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/C/Cliburn.html (205 words)

	Amazon.ca: Music: Beethoven: Sonatas (Pathetique; Moonlight; Appassionata; Les Adieux) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Cliburn went on to a rigorous touring and recording career, during which he played many of the classic works that became the "Van Cliburn Collection" on the RCA Victor record label.
		When Cliburn finally returned to the stage in 1989, it was to sold-out appearances in Philadelphia and Dallas, as well as triumphal concerts in Leningrad and Moscow.
		Cliburn's gradual dynamic increases and legato triplets flow as smoothly and freely as "a boat passing the wild scenery of Lake Lucerne in the moonlight." That soothing association inspired Berlin journalist and poet Ludwig Rellstab to name the piece "Moonlight" Sonata-but only years after Beethoven's death.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/B000003EZB (820 words)

	Van Cliburn Biography
		Van Cliburn is a classical pianist who brought honor to our country in 1958 when he won the 1st Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition in Moscow.
		Van Cliburn was born in Shreveport, Louisiana on July 12, 1934, the son of Harvey Lavan Cliburn and Rildia (Ril-da) Bee O'Bryan Cliburn.
		Cliburn won the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, proving the power of the arts to bring unity even in the midst of strong rivalry.
	www.icfw.org /vc-bio.htm (577 words)

	glbtq >> arts >> Cliburn, Van
		Cliburn hoped to be a concert pianist, but her parents considered such a career inappropriate for a woman, and so she went home to Texas and began giving piano lessons.
		Van Cliburn started studying piano with her when he was three years old.
		In 1974 Cliburn announced that after completing the concerts to which he was then committed, he would take a respite from the stage.
	www.glbtq.com /arts/cliburn_v.html (851 words)

	An Evening with Van Cliburn (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Virtually overnight, Van Cliburn became a household name in 1958 when he seemingly did the impossible: The American traveled to the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, at the height of the Cold War no less, and won the debut contest right in the heart of the former Soviet Union.
		At the height of his career, Van Cliburn still found time to give his name, talents and energies to the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, first held in 1962, a living legacy to Van Cliburn’s commitment to aiding the development of young artists.
		In December 2001, Cliburn was presented with the prestigious Kennedy Center Honors Medallion during a televised tribute in Washington D.C. Earlier that same year, he was inducted into the American Classical Music Hall of Fame.
	www.hsus.org /about_us/our_50th_anniversary_19542004/an_evening_with_van_cliburn (596 words)

	Van Cliburn - A Portrait (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Van Cliburn is one of the most celebrated pianists this country has produced.
		Van Cliburn’s dedication to the development of young artists is shown in his work with the Interlochen Music Camp.
		Leading a student orchestra, Cliburn rehearses the Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3 for a concert in which he will both conduct and be piano soloist.
	www.vaimusic.com /VIDEO/DVD_4291_69703_Cliburn.shtml (203 words)

	The Era of Van Cliburn: Musical Phenomenon in the Midst of Cold War by Betty Blair
		Cliburn was quite oblivious to the intrigues and posturings of international and military politics.
		Van Cliburn with his mother, Rildia Bee, at her 92nd birthday in Ft Worth, Texas in1989.
		Cliburn is very concerned about the trends that he sees affecting musical education, especially in the United States.
	www.azer.com /aiweb/categories/magazine/33_folder/33_articles/33_vancliburn.html (2997 words)

	Cliburn, Van -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia
		Harvey Lavan Cliburn Jr., was born on July 12, 1934, in Shreveport, La. He grew up in Texas and made his orchestra debut with the Houston Symphony Orchestra in 1947.
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		The first president born as a United States citizen was Martin Van Buren, who was the eighth president of the United States and one of the founders of the Democratic party.
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9310734?tocId=9310734 (860 words)

	The Cliburn: Playing on the Edge
		In honor of Cliburn's return to the concert stage, the eight-disc Van Cliburn Collection was released on the RCA Victor label, containing many of Cliburn's classic concerto recordings: Tchaikovsky Concerto No. 1; Rachmaninoff Concertos Nos.
		Van Cliburn studied piano with his mother, Rildia Bee O'Bryan Cliburn, from the age of three until he entered The Juilliard School at 17 to study with Rosina Lhevinne.
		Cliburn is the recipient of honorary degrees from many universities, including Baylor, Loyola, Texas Christian, Michigan State, the University of Cincinnati, Louisiana State, and the Moscow Conservatory, among others.
	www.kera.org /media/vancliburn/VCvanbio.html (789 words)

	History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Celebrating Van Cliburn's sensational victory at the first Tchaikovsky International Competition in Moscow in 1958, a group of music teachers and citizens in Fort Worth Texas created the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition.
		However, it is the past winners of the competition who have done the most to establish the Van Cliburn Foundation as a leader in the world of classical music.
		The Van Cliburn International Piano Competition is a proud member of the World Federation of International Music Competitions.
	www.cliburn.org /page/116 (242 words)

	Amazon.ca: Books: Van Cliburn (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Numerous myths surround the pianist Van Cliburn, who, in 1958, at the age of 24, won the first Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition in Moscow.
		In this admirable bigoraphy, Reich, arts critic for the Chicago Tribune, disputes the claim advanced by skeptics that Cliburn's talent was overrated, his repertory limited and his artistry not taken seriously by the music estabishment.
		Cliburn emerges as likable and unassuming, dedicated to helping other musicians and devoted to his mother, who was his first teacher and a major influence on his career.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0840776810 (347 words)

	Director of Development, Van Cliburn Foundation
		The Van Cliburn Foundation is a chartered not-for-profit organization based in Fort Worth, Texas, with a mission to bring the highest quality classical music to audiences nationally and internationally.
		The Van Cliburn International Piano Competition was established by the National Guild of Piano Teachers in honor of Van Cliburn's legendary 1958 victory at the Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition in Moscow.
		The Van Cliburn Foundation's education programs include Musical Awakenings, which brings competition participants into schools for special presentations, and the Adopt-a-Competitor program, which allows individual classrooms to "adopt" a pianist and follow his or her progress for the duration of the competition.
	www.ispa.org /jobs/jobdata/214.html (786 words)

	11.3 Music Awards - Van Cliburn Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom
		Cliburn's victory was a phenomenal achievement for the 23-year-old and caused a sensation both in the USSR and the U.S. Much to Khruschev's credit, the Soviet leader allowed a non-Russian, who in this case showed himself to be the superior performer, to win the coveted prize.
		Cliburn's link with Azerbaijan was his piano performance in Baku's Philharmonic Hall two years later on June 28, 1960.
		Cliburn went on to tour widely and then created the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition which helps launch the careers of younger pianists.
	www.azer.com /aiweb/categories/magazine/ai113_folder/113_articles/113_music_awards_cliburn.html (338 words)

	Wabash Pianist, Adjunct to Participate in Van Cliburn Program
		Van Cliburn International Piano Competition May 20-June 5 at Fort Worth, Texas.
		Van Cliburn has been hailed as one of the greatest pianists in the history of music.
		Van Cliburn has performed for royalty, and world leaders around the globe.
	www.wabash.edu /news/displaystory.cfm?news_ID=2451 (627 words)

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