For the laureates of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, competing in—and winning—one of the world’s major classical music events marks only the beginning of their professional lives in music. The Competition is foremost a launch pad for establishing meaningful careers.

The 2022 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition has become one of the most-watched classical music events in history with more than 40 million webcast views in 170 countries  (with Yunchan Lim’s performance of Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 3 reaching #24 in globally trending videos on YouTube, amassing 1.2 Million views in less than 24 hours.) The world fell in love with these young pianists through more than 10,000 news stories published over the course of the competition.