Winners' Tours

As part of their prize package the winners of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition receive 3 years of comprehensive career management and concert bookings. The Cliburn books more than 300 combined concerts across the country and around the world over 3 years for Competition medalists.

See below for the 2025 Cliburn medalists’ 2025–2026 tour dates!


 

Aristo Sham, 2025 Cliburn Gold Medalist

Aristo Sham

Gold Medalist

2025 Cliburn Competition

Sep 28

Steinway Society – The Bay Area

J.S. BACH / RACHMANINOV Suite from Violin Partita in E major, BWV 1006
J.S. BACH / BUSONI Chaconne in D minor, BWV 1004
RAVEL Gaspard de la nuit
BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat Major, Op. 106 "Hammerklavier"

Visual and Performing Arts Center, Cupertino, California, USA

Oct 01

Cliburn Concerts

Solo Recital

Kimbell Art Museum Renzo Piano Pavilion, Fort Worth, Texas, USA

Oct 02

Cliburn Concerts

Solo Recital

Kimbell Art Museum Renzo Piano Pavilion, Fort Worth, Texas, USA

Oct 04

Performing Arts Houston

J.S. BACH / RACHMANINOV Suite from Violin Partita No. 3 in E major, BWV 1006
J.S. BACH / BUSONI Chaconne from Violin Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004
RAVEL Gaspard de la nuit
BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-Flat Major, op. 106, "Hammerklavier"

Cullen Theater, Houston, Texas, USA

Jan 22

Waco Symphony Orchestra

BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, op. 15
Conductor, Lawrence Loh

Waco Hall, Waco, Texas, USA

Jan 24

UCSB Arts and Lectures

J.S. BACH / BUSONI Chaconne in D Minor, BWV 1004
BRAHMS / BUSONI Six Chorale Preludes, op. 122
CHOPIN / BUSONI Variations on Prelude in C Minor, op. 28, no. 20
BRAHMS Selected Klavierstücke
BRAHMS Sonata No. 1 in C Major, op. 1

Hahn Hall, Santa Barbara, California, USA

Vitaly Starikov, 2025 Cliburn Silver Medalist

Vitaly Starikov

Silver Medalist

2025 Cliburn Competition

Apr 18

Huntsville Chamber Music Guild

Joint Recital with Aristo Sham

Trinity United Methodist Church, Huntsville, Alabama, USA

Apr 22

Sanford-Hill Piano Series at Western Washington University

Solo Recital

Performing Arts Center, Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington, USA

Apr 26

Pacific Symphony

MENDELSSOHN Piano Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, op. 25
Conductor, Carl St. Clair

Soka Performing Arts Center, Aliso Viejo, California, USA

Evren Ozel, 2025 Cliburn Bronze Medalist

Evren Ozel

Bronze Medalist

2025 Cliburn Competition

Oct 26

Colorado Springs Philharmonic

MOZART Piano Concerto No. 25 in C Major, K. 503
Conductor, Thomas Wilson

ENT Center for the Arts, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA

Nov 01

Caramoor Evnin Rising Stars

BOCCHERINI Quintet in D Minor, G. 280, op. 13, no. 4
GINASTERA String Quartet No. 1, op. 20
BRAHMS Piano Quartet No. 2 in A Major, op. 26

Rosen House, Katonah, New York, USA

Nov 02

Caramoor Evnin Rising Stars

MOZART Piano Quartet in G Minor K. 478
SHOSTAKOVICH String Quartet, No. 7
DVOŘÁK Sextet in A Major, op. 48

Rosen House, Katonah, New York, USA

Nov 11

The Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle

Atomic Clock Brewing Co., Durham, North Carolina, USA

Nov 16

The Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle

MOZART Piano Concerto No. 25 in C Major, K. 503
Conductor, Niccoló Muti

Carolina Theatre of Durham, Durham, North Carolina, USA

Nov 20

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

MOZART Adagio and Allegro (Fantasia) in F minor for Wind Quintet, K. 594
SCHUMANN Three Romances for Oboe and Piano, Op. 94
SPOHR Quintet for Flute, Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, and Piano, Op. 52

Rose Building, New York, New York, USA