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Performance Library

Performances That Move You

Welcome to the Cliburn performance library. Here you'll find selections from the vast catalogue of the Cliburn Competition organized into thematic collections, curated by the Cliburn's artistic team. All to help you find music to fit your mood, explore your interests, and connect you with great art. 

The Cliburn performance library is ever-evolving. Check this page for regularly updated performances and newly gathered collections.

Yunchan Lim and Marin Alsop
2022 Cliburn Competition
Yunchan Lim: RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, op. 30
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Cliburn Curated Collections

Classic

Anna Geniushene Preliminary Round 2022
2022 Cliburn Competition
Anna Geniushene: HAYDN Sonata in D Major, Hob XVI 42
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Yekwon Sunwoo performing piano at the 2017 Cliburn Competition.
Yekwon Sunwoo: HAYDN Sonata in C Major, Hob XVI 48
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Fei-Fei performs Mozart in the 2013 Cliburn Competition
Fei-Fei: MOZART Sonata in D Major, K. 576
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Beatrice Rana performs Clementi in the 2013 Cliburn Competition
Beatrice Rana: CLEMENTI Sonata in B Minor
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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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Variations

Allesandro Deljavan performs in the 2013 Cliburn Competition
Alessandro Deljavan: MENDELSSOHN Variations sérieuses
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Tomoki Sakata Preliminary Round
Tomoki Sakata: MOZART Variations on a Minuet by Duport
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Daniel Hsu at the 2017 Cliburn Competition
Daniel Hsu: BRAHMS Variations on a Theme by Handel
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Yunchan lim performs Beethoven in the 2022 Cliburn Competition
2022 Cliburn Competition
Yunchan Lim: BEETHOVEN Variations and Fugue in E flat Major, op. 35 (“Eroica”)
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Yunchan Lim and Marin Alsop

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