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2025 Cliburn Competition

The 30 Competitors will be announced on April 9, 2025

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Hand-made selections from the vast catalogue of the Cliburn Competition organized into thematic collections curated by the Cliburn's artistic team.

Cliburn Gold

Yekwon Sunwoo performs in the Preliminary Round of the 2017 Cliburn Competition
Yekwon Sunwoo: PROKOFIEV Sonata No. 6 in A Major, op. 82
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Yunchan Lim performs Liszt's Mazeppa in the 2022 Cliburn Competition
2022 Cliburn Competition
Yunchan Lim: LISZT 12 Transcendental Etudes No. 4 (Mazeppa)
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Vadym Kholodenko performs in the 2013 Cliburn Competition
Vadym Kholodenko: ADAMS China Gates
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Nobuyuki Tsujii performs in the 2009 Cliburn Competition
Nobuyuki Tsujii: CHOPIN Twelve Etudes, op. 10, No. 1–4
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Haochen Zhang performs Ravel's Gaspard de la nuit
Haochen Zhang: RAVEL Gaspard de la nuit
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Dance

Vadym Kholodenko performs Stravinsky in the 2013 Cliburn Competition
Vadym Kholodenko: STRAVINSKY Trois mouvements de Pétrouchka
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Sean Chen at the 2013 Cliburn Competition
Sean Chen: BACH French Suite No. 5
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Clayton Stephenson performs in the 2022 Cliburn Competition
2022 Cliburn Competition
Clayton Stephenson: STRAVINSKY-AGOSTI Suite from The Firebird
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Uladzislau Khandohi performs Scriabin at the 2022 Cliburn Competition
2022 Cliburn Competition
Uladzislau Khandohi: SCRIABIN Mazurka in E Minor
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Sean Chen at the 2013 Cliburn Competition
Sean Chen: CHOPIN Three Mazurkas
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Yekwon Sunwoo performs Ravel's La Valse
Yekwon Sunwoo: RAVEL La valse
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Rachel Cheung performs Sebelius in the 2017 Cliburn Competition
Rachel Cheung: SIBELIUS Valse triste
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Fei-Fei performs in the 2013 Cliburn Competition
Fei-Fei: DEBUSSY Danse
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Classical Music for Everyone

Curated Collections

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. Anna Geniushene: TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor, op. 23 Anna Geniushene plays TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor, op. 23 in the Final Round Concerto II with Marin Alsop at the 2022 Cliburn Competition. Dmytro Choni: BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, op. 37 Dmytro Choni performs BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, op. 37 in the 2022 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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Dmytro Choni releases Pilgrimage

For his debut release with the Naïve record label, the 2022 Cliburn Bronze Medalist released this collection of Liszt, Debussy, Silvestrov, and Liebermann.

Beatrice Rana releases Bach Keyboard Concertos

Yeol Eum Son releases Ravel Concerto in G

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