Kristin Anderson has won the Cliburn's third Amateur Piano Video
Contest, assuring her a berth in the seventh International Piano
Competition for Outstanding Amateurs, to be held in May 2015 in
Fort Worth, Texas.
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| Kristin Anderson, an organizational performance training
consultant from Irving, TX, has won the 2012 Cliburn Amateur Piano
Video Contest with the most online votes. |
Her performance of Sergei Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C-sharp
Minor, Op. 3, No. 2 and Johann Sebastian Bach's Prelude No. 1 in C
Major, BWV 846 received the most votes of the 5,481 cast by the
public in the online contest.
Ms. Anderson received a Bachelor of Science in Business
Administration in 1993 from the University of Florida with a major
in finance and a minor in economics. After college, she earned a
Master of Science in accounting from the University of Central
Florida in 1997 and passed the Uniform Certified Public Accountant
examination. Ms. Anderson is currently an organizational
performance-training consultant for Michaels Stores, Inc. and
resides with her husband, Jim, in Irving, Texas.
Describing music's significance in her life, Ms. Anderson
remarked, "Growing up playing the piano and flute not only brought
me a sense of enjoyment, it helped me overcome shyness and learn
the discipline necessary to work hard to be successful in other
areas of life." Studying under Professor Katherine Chen and
Professor Boaz Sharon, Ms. Anderson's dedication earned her a full
piano scholarship at the University of Florida as well as a chance
to represent the University of Florida in the Miss Florida Pageant
where she won the Creative and Performing Arts Award, earning the
highest talent score in the competition.
According to Ms. Anderson, her interest in the competition was
piqued after attending the Amateur Competition Winners Concert in
April 2012. When she left the concert that day she told her husband
that her next goal was to enter the video contest and win automatic
entry into the seventh International Piano Competition for
Outstanding Amateurs.
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