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With the Gold Medal Patron Premium Subscription, you can hear every note from the best seats in the house, attend special events—including the Opening Dinner & Draw Party with the competitors—wear their commemorative pin to gain access to the exclusive Gold Medal Patron Lounge throughout, and more.

Works inspired by American folk music and communities.

Info for Educators

2022 Cliburn finalist Clayton Stephenson is featured in the series premiere of Taking Note, a PBS program that spotlights rising artists who have received the Avery Fisher Career Grant.

Iconic classical works

When Arseniy Gusev was 5 years old, an upright piano was brought into his St. Petersburg home, and he immediately started playing and experimenting with it. He wrote his first piece—a romance on a Pushkin poem—shortly thereafter, and his grandmother asked him if he would like to go to music school. He went on to study both composition and piano performance at the St. Petersburg Conservatory. Upon graduation in 2018, he moved to the United States, where he attends the Cleveland Institute of Music, under the tutelage of Sergei Babayan (piano) and Keith Fitch (composition).

2025 Cliburn Competitor Carter Johnson

2022 Competition Rounds and Repertoire