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The Passport to Pianotown invites you to businesses around Fort Worth, Texas, for unique Cliburn-themed offers and experiences, happening throughout the 2025 Cliburn Competition.

In this concert, 2 of 12 competitors will each perform a 60-minute recital.

On Jonathan Mak’s third birthday, his sister’s piano teacher decided to give him a trial lesson; he has been actively studying both piano and viola ever since. He made his orchestra debut with the Canadian Sinfonietta just one year later, at the age of 4.

Curiosity, diversity, and complete dedication to the music define the work of French-Canadian cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras. His approach to music focuses on the principle that composer, performer, and audience must share the same inner motivation to achieve a moving, clear concert experience.

The Cliburn Agency is a full-service boutique firm that offers comprehensive general management, concert booking, project management, and publicity and branding services to a select group of rising and established instrumentalists—piano and beyond—whose high artistic caliber is matched by a vision for moving the field of classical music forward.

In this concert, 2 of 12 competitors will each perform a 60-minute recital.

Cliburn Social is an all-ages, specially curated, classical experience of cool performances paired with opportunities to hang out, learn more about classical music + make new friends.

The Houston Symphony is a key partner is the 2028 Cliburn International Competition for Conductors

When he was a child, Ziyu Liu’s parents discovered that he could memorize melodies of songs and play them, without any instruction, on their electric keyboard. They bought him a piano, and he started learning on his own. At the age of 11, he decided that he wanted to become a professional pianist because of the joy he got from communicating with others through music.

Born in Perth, Australia, Shuan Hern Lee started taking piano, vocal, music theory, and composition lessons with his father, Yoon Sen Lee, when he was 2½ years old. His childhood home was filled with music at all hours of the day, as both parents taught piano.