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Read the latest in competition announcements, career updates from medalists, profiles on the Cliburn community, and local concerts.

Cliburn Sessions just celebrated 10 years of presenting excellent classical artists in a relaxed performing environment, where they are free to be casual, to blend genres, and to interact with the audience.

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2025 Cliburn Competitor Jonathan Mamora

Your guide to Fort Worth during the 2025 Cliburn Competition

Application & Rules for the 2025 Cliburn Competition

Now in his third decade of touring worldwide, American pianist Jon Nakamatsu continues to draw critical and public acclaim for his intensity, elegance, and electrifying solo, concerto, and chamber music performances. Catapulted to international attention in 1997 as the gold medalist of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition—the only American to achieve this distinction since 1981—he subsequently developed a multi-faceted career that encompasses recording, education, arts administration, and public speaking, in addition to his vast concert schedule.

The Seventeenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition will take place May 21–June 7, 2025, at Van Cliburn Concert Hall at TCU and Bass Performance Hall in Fort Worth, Texas, USA.

After more than 25 years, the Cliburn International Amateur Piano Competition has been retired.

The complete collection of Cliburn Competition documentary films, from the first release in 1977 to 2022's Crescendo.