TENTH VAN CLIBURN INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION
MAY 23–JUNE 8, 1997
ED LANDRETH AUDITORIUM AT TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY •  TARRANT COUNTY CONVENTION CENTER THEATRE
FORT WORTH, TEXAS, USA
John Giordano, jury chairman

AWARDS AND PRIZES

Phyllis Jones Tilley Memorial Award for Best Performance of Commissioned Work: Naida Cole ($5,000)
Steven De Groote Memorial Award for Best Performances of Chamber Music: Naida Cole, Jon Nakamatsu, Katia Skanavi ($1,000 each)
Jury Discretionary Awards: Victor Chestopal, Michail Dantchenko, Stanislav Ioudenitch ($4,000 each)

WINNERS’ UPDATES

JON NAKAMATSU  The most recent American to win Cliburn gold has developed a highly regarded career as both soloist and chamber musician, performing with top U.S. orchestras. He has recorded 13 CDs for harmonia mundi usa, most recently a 2014 disc of Schumann, and was jury chairman of the First Cliburn International Junior Piano Competition in 2015.

YAKOV KASMAN  The silver medalist is artist-in-residence at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, where he also established a piano series that frequently features Cliburn winners. He has recorded 15 CDs on the Calliope label and performs as a soloist and in duo recitals with his daughter Aleksandra. 

AVIRAM REICHERT  The Cliburn’s first Israeli medalist has an active career as soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician, particularly in Asia, the United States, and Israel, where he is a frequent guest of the Israel Philharmonic and Jerusalem Symphony. He is professor of piano at Seoul National University. 

FILIPPO GAMBA  The Italian finalist went on to enjoy an active performing and recording career in Europe. He also is a professor at the Hochschule für Musik in Basel. 

JAN JIRACEK  In 2011, Mr. Jiracek became artistic director of the International Beethoven Piano Competition Vienna. He has been professor of piano at the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien since 2001.

KATIA SKANAVI  Recent highlights of Ms. Skanavi’s busy career have been recitals and orchestral engagements in Amsterdam, Berlin, London, Luxembourg, Madrid, Moscow, and Paris. She was invited by Maestro Valery Gergiev to participate in the Prokofiev anniversary celebration in 2016. Her next CD will be released in 2017 with sonatas by Beethoven, Schumann, and Prokofiev.

JURY

John Giordano, chairman (United States)
Marius Constant (France)
Dean Elder (United States)
Claude Frank (United States)
Ian Hobson (Great Britain)
Warren Jones (United States)
Jerome Lowenthal (United States)
Hiroko Nakamura (Japan)
Lev Naumov (Russia)
Cécile Ousset (France)
Menahem Pressler (United States)
Piero Rattalino (Italy)
Dubravka Tomsic (Slovenia)
Alexis Weissenberg (Switzerland)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Conductor: James Conlon
Chamber Music: Tokyo String Quartet
Orchestras: Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra and Fort Worth Chamber Orchestra
Commissioned Work: William Bolcom, Nine Bagatelles
Master of ceremonies: James Conlon
Official Artwork:Sean Scully, 10.6.93
Documentary: The Tenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition: Playing with Fire, directed by Catherine Tatge

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