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FW Magazine: 2025 Competition Grand Finale in Sundance Square
Celebrate a major cultural moment in Fort Worth with two days of live performances, local flavor, and community fun—free in Sundance Square Plaza.
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Yunchan Lim's Chopin Études nominated for BBC Music Magazine Instrumental Award
Named "a remarkable feat that demands to be heard," 2022 Cliburn Gold Medalist Yunchan Lim's debut studio album received the Instrumental Award nomination from BBC Music Magazine.
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Free Finals Concert & Awards Watch Party
Join us in Sundance Square Plaza for the two-night Competition Grand Finale, completely free to attend.
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Cliburn Elects Michelle Marlow as Chairman of the Board
The Cliburn Board of Directors announces that it has elected Michelle Marlow as chairman. Ms. Marlow—a children's author, speech language pathologist, and active community volunteer—began her Cliburn board service as a member of the Trust Committee in 2014, and has served on the Executive Committee as vice chairman since 2022. She was initially introduced to the Cliburn as her placement with the Junior League of Fort Worth in 1995; she went on to volunteer in the gift shop for many competitions.
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Free Concert: Fei-Fei, piano
Get a taste of the artistry and excitement of the upcoming 2025 Cliburn Competition! Bring your friends and family for a free concert at Dallas Asian American Youth Orchestra featuring 2013 finalist Fei-Fei in this year's Countdown to the Cliburn series.
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Free Concert: Two 2025 Cliburn Competitors
Adopt-A-Competitor returns to local libraries this year, inviting you to see two of the 2025 competitors—Jonathan Mamora and Federico Gad Crema—perform 20 minutes each ahead of the upcoming 2025 Cliburn Competition. Bring your friends and family for this fun culturally inspired program.
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Free Concert: Fei-Fei, piano
Get a taste of the artistry and excitement of the upcoming 2025 Cliburn Competition! Bring your friends and family for a free concert at Burk Burnett Park, featuring 2013 finalist Fei-Fei in this year's Countdown to the Cliburn series.
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Anne-Marie McDermott Joins Competition Jury; Gloria Chien Joins Screening Jury
The Cliburn announces changes to the Competition and Screening juries for the 2025 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.
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Yunchan Lim's Rachmaninoff No. 3 Album in The New York Times "Hooked" List
Featured alongside four other classical albums that "have the The New York Times' critics hooked," Yunchan Lim's live Rachmaninoff Concerto No. 3 album "confirms his interpretation as one of the most coherent, poetic, and exciting recordings of this monumental concerto."
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Keys to Success: Stories from the 2025 Competition
Claire Jackson for The Guardian writes: "Every four years, piano lovers from across the world gather in this Texas enclave for the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition—the instrument’s Olympics."
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