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Six pianists advance to the 2025 Cliburn Competition's Final Round, taking place June 3–7 at Bass Performance Hall in Fort Worth, Texas, USA.

Performing in the Semifinal and Final Rounds, the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra under Music Director Robert Spano is deeply committed to uniting its community through performance, education, and outreach, reaching an audience of more than 200,000 annually.

Kate Liu

The Cliburn announces a change to the jury for the Seventeenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, taking place May 21–June 7, 2025, at Van Cliburn Concert Hall at TCU and Bass Performance Hall in Fort Worth, Texas, USA. Austrian pianist Till Fellner will now serve on the Competition jury, a nine-member panel of distinguished pianists charged with selecting each round's advancing competitors and the three medalists of the 2025 Cliburn Competition.

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

Born in Qinhuangdao, Xiaolu Zang was 4 years old when an electric keyboard caught his attention. He eventually attended the Beijing Central Music Conservatory Middle School for seven years under Professor Ye Lin and won first prizes in several major Chinese competitions. It was during that time, at the age of 15, that he recalls a singular day when he determined himself to become a professional musician. That commitment took him to Germany in 2017, where he studies with Arie Vardi at Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover.

David Khrikuli: 2025 Cliburn Preliminary Recital (Scriabin, Ravel, Montero, Liszt-Horowitz)

Yangrui Cai: 2025 Cliburn Preliminary Recital (Bach, Vine, Wagner-Liszt, Montero)

Join us at Steinway Piano Gallery of Fort Worth across the street from Bass Performance Hall and enjoy a free recital from several 2025 Cliburn competitors. Bring your lunch or purchase onsite from Nguyen Lou Banh Mi.

Angel Stanislav Wang: 2025 Cliburn MOZART Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor, K. 466