van cliburn

     

This man received the first & only New York City ticker-tape parade ever given to a classical musician

Trivia about van cliburn

  • This American pianist was in his 20s when he won the Tchaikovsky competition in Moscow in 1958
  • After winning the first International Tchaikovsky Competition in 1958, he got his own piano competition
  • Winner of the 1958 Tchaikovsky Piano Competition, he launched a 60th birthday comeback tour in 1994
  • A Ft. Worth piano contest is named for this winner of the 1958 Int'l Tchaikovsky Competition
  • In 1958 this piano virtuoso won first prize in the Tchaikovsky International competition in Moscow
  • 1958 Tchaikovsky Piano Competition winner
  • This American pianist who took Moscow (& the world) by storm in 1958 received a Kennedy Center honor in 2001
  • (Sarah of the Clue Crew reads the clue from Steinway & Sons in New York.) Steinway unveiled its 500,000th piano in a 1988 gala at Carnegie Hall featuring Steinway artists like this American pianist who has his own Fort Worth piano competition
  • An international piano competition held every 4 years is named for this American who won a competition in Moscow in 1958
  • (Note the year!)1958:His "Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1"
  • In 1958 this pianist was honored with a ticker-tape parade in New York City

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