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The 2009 Cliburn Silver Medalist released this new album featuring Maurice Ravel's Concerto in G with Residentie Orkest of The Hague, celebrating the famed composer's 150th birthday.

2025 Cliburn Competitor Jonathan Mamora

Oscar Verdeal is a Cuban-born pianist, music promoter, and educator. As a pianist, he has won several prizes and recognition, and has performed throughout Mexico, Spain, the United States, and Cuba.

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Exploring the ways music reflects the American experience over the last 250 years, the Cliburn brings together a group of artists in residence to present music written in, inspired by, or reflective of the United States.

2019 Junior Competitors

2023 Junior Competitors

Free events celebrating the 2025 Cliburn Competition (May 21–June 7)

Pianist Nathan Ryland, a native of Richardson, Texas, has been a winner in competitions across the United States, from the Los Angeles International Liszt Competition to the Brevard Music Center Piano Competition in North Carolina. Most recently, he was selected as the winner of the Texas State International Piano Competition and will be performing with the Central Texas Philharmonic later this season. He has performed with the Mid-Texas Symphony and UNT Symphony Orchestra. He was also chosen as a winner of the Jan and Beattie Wood Concerto Competition, playing with the Brevard Music Center Orchestra in 2014.