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Yekwon Sunwoo: STRAUSS-GRAINGER "Ramble on the Last Love-duet" - Der Rosenkavalier Yekwon Sunwoo performs STRAUSS-GRAINGER "Ramble on the Last Love-duet" - Der Rosenkavalier at the 2022 Cliburn Competition Yunchan Lim: RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, op. 30 Yunchan Lim, 2022 Cliburn Gold Medalist, plays RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, op. 30 with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra and Marin Alsop, conductor. Vadym Kholodenko: STRAVINSKY Trois mouvements de Pétrouchka Vadym Kholodenko plays STRAVINSKY Trois mouvements de Pétrouchka at the 2013 Cliburn Competition
Anna Geniushene: HAYDN Sonata in D Major, Hob XVI 42 Anna Geniushene performs HAYDN Sonata in D Major, Hob XVI 42 at the 2022 Cliburn Competition Yekwon Sunwoo: HAYDN Sonata in C Major, Hob XVI 48 Yekwon Sunwoo performs HAYDN Sonata in C Major, Hob XVI 48 at the 2017 Cliburn Competition Fei-Fei: MOZART Sonata in D Major, K. 576 Fei-Fei performs MOZART Sonata in D Major, K. 576 at the 2013 Cliburn Competition Beatrice Rana: CLEMENTI Sonata in B Minor Beatrice Rana performs CLEMENTI Sonata in B Minor at the 2013 Cliburn Competition
Alessandro Deljavan: MENDELSSOHN Variations sérieuses Alessandro Deljavan performs MENDELSSOHN Variations sérieuses at the 2013 Cliburn Competition Tomoki Sakata: MOZART Variations on a Minuet by Duport Tomoki Sakata performs MOZART Variations on a Minuet by Duport at the 2013 Cliburn Competition. Daniel Hsu: BRAHMS Variations on a Theme by Handel Daniel Hsu performs BRAHMS Variations on a Theme by Handel at the 2017 Cliburn Competition Yunchan Lim: BEETHOVEN Variations and Fugue in E flat Major, op. 35 (“Eroica”) Yunchan Lim performs BEETHOVEN – Variations and Fugue in E flat Major, op. 35 (“Eroica”)

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Aristo Sham Wins Gold Medal of 2025 Cliburn Competition; Winners Announced

At Saturday night's Awards Ceremony, the Cliburn presented the medalists and award winners of the 2025 Cliburn Competition, held May 21–June 7 at Van Cliburn Concert Hall at TCU and Bass Performance Hall in Fort Worth, Texas, USA

Aerial view of Ilya Shmukler performing in Bass Hall

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