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2013 Screening Auditions

2013 SCREENING AUDITIONS

Jaques Marquis

Follow Interim Executive Director Jacques Marquis' musings as he traveled the globe with our esteemed five member screening jury---John Giordano, chairman; Andrea Bonatta; Richard Dyer; Yoheved Kaplinsky; and Blanca Uribe---to find the world's 30 finest young pianists to come to Fort Worth to compete for Cliburn gold! The 2013 competitors will be announced March 5.

Full Screening Audition Schedule (January and February 2013)

Information about the Fourteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition (May 24 - June 9, 2013)

Finishing up in Fort Worth

Monday February 25, 2013

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The last note of the 2013 Screening Auditions has been played. As we prepare for the March 5 announcement of the 30 competitors of the Fourteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, we encourage you to read some of the interesting stories in our local media outlets about the Fort Worth auditions. Otherwise...stay tuned for March 5!

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The members of the screening jury take their seats in Ed Landreth Auditorium on the campus of TCU.

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sher Chairman Claudia Foreman (2nd from r) has been volunteering for the Cliburn since the 1985 Competition. She's pictured here with her deputies Peggy Jacobi, Marilyn Matthews, and Gail Heaslet.

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Screening Auditions in... New York, New York!

Wednesday February 13, 2013

After Hong Kong, Hannover, Moscow, and Milan, the final two cities of the Screening Auditions are New York and Fort Worth. 132 candidates were invited to participate in the Screening Auditions. So far we have heard 72 candidates; now we have 52 more candidates to go--32 in NY, 20 in Fort Worth, plus 4 candidates on DVD. 4 candidates withdrew from the auditions for a total of 132.
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Last day in Milan, back to Texas!

Saturday January 26, 2013

After three weeks, we have heard a total of 72 pianists in four cities. That means a lot of Liszt, Rachmaninoff, Chopin, and Ravel. At the end of the entire auditions (we still have New York and Fort Worth to go!), I will make a "Competition Repertoire 101" list, which means all of the "big piano pieces" that you will listen to in any competition: for instance Liszt Sonata, Rachmaninoff Second Sonata, Gaspard de la nuit by Ravel, etc.
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