Van Cliburn International Piano Competition
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The Van Cliburn International Piano Competition was first held in 1962 in Fort Worth, Texas. This was created by Fort Worth area teachers in honor of Van Cliburn, who had won the first International Tchaikovsky Competition four years prior with Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto. The Van Cliburn Competition is held every four years and the winner/runner-ups receive substantial cash prizes plus a concert tour at world-famous venues featuring pieces of their choice. This competition now rivals the Tchaikovsky competition and is often dubbed the most prestigious in the world.
Top prize winners
Winners of the top prize awarded in the given year (first prize, unless otherwise noted).
- 1962: Ralph Votapek
- 1966: Radu Lupu
- 1969: Cristina Ortiz
- 1973: Vladimir Viardo
- 1977: Steven DeGroote
- 1981: Andre-Michel Schub
- 1985: Jose Feghali
- 1989: Alexei Sultanov
- 1993: Simone Pedroni
- 1997: Jon Nakamatsu
- 2001: Stanislav Ioudenitch and Olga Kern
- 2005: Alexander Kobrin
More Information
See The Van Cliburn Foundation for history and information on the competition.
