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The announcement of the 12 semifinalists in the 2025 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, held following the conclusion of the Quarterfinal Round.

With more than 15 years of award-winning Naïve recordings and international concert appearances, Lise de la Salle has established herself as a musician of real sensibility and maturity. Her playing inspired a Washington Post critic to write, “For much of the concert, the audience had to remember to breathe… the exhilaration didn’t let up for a second until her hands came off the keyboard.”

Marcel Tadokoro was born in Fukuoka, Japan, into a “literary family:” neither his French mother nor Japanese father are musicians. But he studied piano and had the opportunity to give a small public concert when he was 8; he says that was the moment he “immediately understood this would be my life.”

Camille Thomas’ rich, yet elegant, sound and effortless virtuosity make her an audience favorite around the world—and bring her back for her second Cliburn Concerts appearance.

Lucille Chung, jury member for the 2027 Cliburn International Competition for Young Pianists

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The list of Cliburn's Board of Directors, Van Cliburn Advisory Council, and Cliburn Honorary Council.

The announcement of the 18 quarterfinalists in the 2025 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, held following the conclusion of the Preliminary Round.

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Alexander Korsantia, jury member for the 2027 Cliburn International Competition for Young Pianists