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Contact:
Patrick Bibb, communications and publications liaison
pbibb@cliburn.org 817.738.6536 (o)
FORT WORTH, Texas, August 1, 2012--Single tickets for the
upcoming 2012-2013 Cliburn Concerts series will be available for
purchase beginning Friday, August 3, 2012 at 10 a.m. Individual
tickets for Cliburn at the Bass performances range in price from
$20 to $90 with the exception of the 50th Anniversary Gold
Medalists Concert, which range from $35 to $105; Cliburn at the
Modern tickets are $25 for general admission seating. Subscription
packages are still available ranging from $66 to $400. Individual
tickets and subscriptions can be purchased online at Cliburn.org,
by calling 817.212.4280, or in person at the Bass Hall Box Office
(525 Commerce Street, Fort Worth, TX).
This season is offered as a meaningful commemoration of a
half-century of transcendent music making, as the Foundation
celebrates its 50th Anniversary. It begins with a jubilant concert
featuring four Cliburn gold medalists--spanning the history of the
competition--performing together with the Fort Worth Symphony
Orchestra under the baton of Miguel Harth-Bedoya; immediately
following, all ticket buyers are invited to a special celebration.
Later in the series, the Cliburn welcomes back 1966 Gold Medalist
and preeminent pianist Radu Lupu, perennial Cliburn Concerts
favorite and rock star violinist Joshua Bell, and elegant 2009
Cliburn Silver Medalist Yeol eum Son--each returning for
outstanding recital appearances. Audiences will also enjoy the
Brentano String Quartet in concert before they make their
competition debut in May 2013 at the Fourteenth Van Cliburn
International Piano Competition.
The Cliburn continues its longstanding commitment to new music
with the announcement of its 11th special commission, awarded to
Christopher Theofanidis for the 2013 Competition. He will be
appearing at Cliburn at the Modern this season to give audiences a
preview of his body of work. Also featured this year are other
noted American composers Derek Bermel and John Bucchino.
2012-2013 CLIBURN CONCERTS AT A GLANCE
CLIBURN AT THE BASS
All performances begin at 7:30 p.m. at Bass Performance Hall,
located at 4th & Calhoun Streets in downtown Fort Worth.
Thursday, September 6, 2012--50th Anniversary Gold Medalists
Concert
Tuesday, November 13, 2012--Brentano String Quartet
Monday, January 28, 2013--Radu Lupu, piano
Monday, February 18, 2013--Joshua Bell, violin
Tuesday, March 12, 2013--Yeol eum Son, piano
CLIBURN AT THE MODERN
All performances begin at 2:00 p.m. at the Modern Art Museum of
Fort Worth, located at 3200 Darnell Street in Fort Worth's Cultural
District.
Saturday, October 13, 2012--Derek Bermel, composer
Saturday, January 19, 2013--John Bucchino, composer
Saturday, April 6, 2013--Christopher Theofanidis, composer
2012-2013 CLIBURN CONCERTS DESCRIPTIONS
CLIBURN AT THE BASS
All performances begin at 7:30 p.m. at Bass Performance
Hall.
50TH ANNIVERSARY GOLD MEDALISTS CONCERT
Thursday, September 6, 2012
featuring Ralph Votapek (1962), André-Michel Schub (1981),
Alexander Kobrin (2005), and Haochen Zhang (2009) with the Fort
Worth Symphony Orchestra, Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor
This definitive celebration of the Cliburn's 50th Anniversary will
feature four gold medalists--spanning the half century of the
competition's history--together on stage for an extraordinary
concert experience. They will join the Fort Worth Symphony
Orchestra under the baton of its much sought-after music director,
Miguel Harth-Bedoya, to perform a specially-crafted program of
concerti.
Immediately following the concert, ticket buyers are invited to a
celebration with Van Cliburn made possible by the generous support
of TCU.
Program: BACH Concerto for Four Pianos in A Minor, BWV 1065;
POULENC Concerto in D Minor for Two Pianos and Orchestra;
MENDELSSOHN Concerto No. 2 in A-flat Major for Two Pianos and
Orchestra
BRENTANO STRING QUARTET
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Mark Steinberg, violin; Serena Canin, violin; Misha Amory, viola;
Nina Lee, cello
Since its inception in 1992, the Brentano String Quartet has
appeared throughout the world to popular and critical acclaim. The
New York Times extols its "luxuriously warm sound" and "yearning
lyricism," and the Philadelphia Inquirer praises its "seemingly
infallible instincts for finding the center of gravity in every
phrase and musical gesture." Welcome them to Fort Worth just six
months before they take the Bass Hall stage again to perform with
each semifinalist of the Fourteenth Cliburn Competition.
Program: PURCELL Selected Fantasias; BARTÓK String Quartet No. 4;
HAYDN String Quartet in D Minor, Op. 42, Hob. III: 43; BRAHMS
String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 51, No. 2
RADU LUPU, piano
1966 Cliburn Competition Gold Medalist
Monday, January 28, 2013
Radu Lupu is firmly established as one of the most important
musicians of his generation and is widely acknowledged as a leading
interpreter of the works of Beethoven, Brahms, Mozart, and
Schubert. Since winning the Second Cliburn Competition in 1966 and
the Leeds Piano Competition in 1969, Mr. Lupu has regularly
performed as soloist and recitalist in the musical capitals and
major festivals of Europe and the United States. A Grammy® Award
winner, he has made more than 20 recordings for London/Decca.
Program: FRANCK Prelude, Chorale and Fugue; SCHUBERT Four
Impromptus, Op. 142, D. 935; DEBUSSY Preludes, Book II
JOSHUA BELL, violin
with Sam Haywood, piano
Monday, February 18, 2013
Joshua Bell enchants audiences worldwide with his breathtaking
virtuosity and tone of rare beauty, earning him the title
"classical music superstar." An Avery Fisher Prize recipient and
Musical America's 2010 Instrumentalist of the Year, he is the newly
named music director for The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields.
Mr. Bell came to national attention at age 14 in his debut with
Riccardo Muti and The Philadelphia Orchestra. Today he is equally
at home as a soloist, chamber musician, orchestra leader, and
composer.
Program: SCHUBERT Rondo for Violin and Piano in B Minor, Op. 70,
D. 895; STRAUSS Sonata for Violin and Piano in E-flat Major, Op.
18; DVORÁK Romantic Pieces, Op. 75, B. 150; PROKOFIEV Sonata for
Violin and Piano No. 2 in D Major, Op. 94 bis
YEOL EUM SON, piano
2009 Cliburn Competition Silver Medalist
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Yeol eum Son's graceful interpretations, crystalline touch, and
versatile, thrilling performances have caught the attention of
audiences worldwide since her 2009 triumph at the Thirteenth
Cliburn Competition, where she claimed both the silver medal and
the Steven De Groote Memorial Award for the Best Performance of
Chamber Music. Most recently, she took second prize at the XIV
International Tchaikovsky Music Competition in Moscow, where she
also received awards for Best Chamber Concerto Performance and Best
Performance of a Commissioned Work.
Program: WEBER-LISZT Overture from the Opera Der Freischutz;
SCHUBERT-GODOWSKY Litanei auf das Fest Allerseelen, D. 343;
Wiegenlied, D. 493; MENDELSSOHN-RACHMANINOFF Scherzo from "A
Midsummer Night's Dream"; STRAUSS-TAUSIG Man lebt nur einmal, Op.
167; BEETHOVEN 33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op.
120
CLIBURN AT THE MODERN
All performances begin at 2:00 p.m. at the Modern Art Museum of
Fort Worth.
DEREK BERMEL, composer
Saturday, October 13, 2012
Grammy-nominated composer and clarinetist Derek Bermel has been
widely hailed for his creativity and theatricality. His works draw
from a rich variety of musical genres, including classical, jazz,
pop, rock, blues, folk, and gospel. Currently serving as
composer-in-residence with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and
creative adviser to the American Composers Orchestra at Carnegie
Hall, Mr. Bermel has received commissions from many of the world's
top orchestras, chamber ensembles, and soloists.
Program to be announced
JOHN BUCCHINO, composer
Saturday, January 19, 2013
American composer John Bucchino's songs have been performed and
recorded by renowned pop, theatre, cabaret, and classical artists
including Liza Minnelli, Judy Collins, Yo-Yo Ma, Art Garfunkel,
Patti LuPone, Deborah Voigt, Michael Feinstein, Audra McDonald, The
Boston Pops, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the Mormon
Tabernacle Choir in venues including Carnegie Hall, The
Metropolitan Opera, The Hollywood Bowl, The Sydney Opera House, and
The White House. The program will feature performances of Mr.
Bucchino's work by Fort Worth Opera's Studio Artists.
Program to be announced
CHRISTOPHER THEOFANIDIS, composer
Saturday, April 6, 2013
A native of Dallas, Texas, Christopher Theofanidis is one of the
most widely-performed American composers today. A Grammy Award
nominee, he writes regularly for a variety of musical genres, from
orchestral and chamber music to opera and ballet, and was
commissioned in 1998 to write Fanfare Rising for the opening of
Bass Performance Hall. His work, Rainbow Body, has been programmed
by over 120 orchestras internationally. He has been commissioned to
compose a new solo piano work to be performed by each semifinalist
in the 2013 Cliburn Competition.
Program to be announced
ABOUT THE VAN CLIBURN FOUNDATION
The Van Cliburn Foundation disseminates classical music worldwide,
and nurtures and launches young artists' careers through the
quadrennial Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, the
ensuing three-year international concert tours of its medalists,
award-winning documentaries, radio broadcasts, and a live webcast
that extends its outreach to audiences around the world.
The Fourteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition will
take place May 24-June 9, 2013, at Fort Worth's Bass Performance
Hall and will welcome 30 of the world's finest young pianists to
Texas. Continuing its longstanding commitment to new music, the
Cliburn has selected composer Christopher Theofanidis to write the
commissioned work that will be performed by all competitors during
the Semifinal Round. Additionally, the Competition has been
dedicated to showcasing both the extraordinary talent of its
competitors in recital performance as well as their ability to
collaborate with other musicians. The Fourteenth Competition will
mark the first Cliburn appearance by the world-renowned Brentano
String Quartet performing a piano quintet with each of the 12
semifinalists. The Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, which has
appeared at every Cliburn Competition, will perform two concerti
with each of the six finalists, under the baton of Maestro Leonard
Slatkin for the first time. Maestro John Giordano will serve as
chairman of the jury for the eleventh competition since he assumed
the post in 1973.
In addition to a cash prize of $50,000 and a commercial recording
produced by harmonia mundi usa, the winner of the 2013 Competition
will receive commission-free career management and a 3-year concert
tour, with Cliburn-arranged recital, festival, and orchestra
concert engagements across the United States and international
appearances arranged by IMG Artists. Five additional finalists also
receive cash prizes and 3-year concert tours, with career
management from the Cliburn.
Applications for competitors can now be submitted online and are
due October 15, 2012. Complete information about prizes,
eligibility, rules, and application procedures can be found at
Cliburn.org.
For audiences in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex, the Van Cliburn
Foundation promotes great music and world-class artists through the
annual Cliburn Concerts series. It reaches 33,000 elementary school
students annually with the education programs of Musical
Awakenings®. In 1999, it established the International Piano
Competition for Outstanding Amateurs™, which The Boston Globe
proclaimed "a celebration of music, and the people who have to make
music, no matter what." The seventh Amateur Competition will be
held May 2015, at Ed Landreth Auditorium on the campus of
TCU.
Visit Cliburn.org to learn more about the Cliburn during its 50th
Anniversary year in 2012.
Official Sponsors of the Van Cliburn Foundation are:
Amon G. Carter Foundation
Ann L. & Carol Green Rhodes Charitable Trust, Bank of America,
Trustee
Arts Council of Fort Worth & Tarrant County
BNSF Railway Foundation
Crystelle Waggoner Charitable Trust, Bank of America,
Trustee
ExxonMobil
Sid W. Richardson Foundation
The Burnett Foundation
XTO Energy Inc.
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