Van Cliburn, whose legacy as a 20th century classical pianist is matched only by such figures Vladimir Horowitz and Glenn Gould, died at age 78 in his home in Fort Worth, Texas on Wednesday. Cause of ...

Editor’s note: Observer contributor and local piano instructor Katie Womack was especially moved by the death yesterday of pianist Van Cliburn, whose namesake competition she was gushing about just ...

In their first year serving as a host family for the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, Jeff and Rosemary Detweiler got lucky: They were matched with Yunchan Lim. They had a front-row seat ...

The Texan bridged cultures and earned a ticker-tape parade down Broadway for winning a Tchaikovsky competition in Moscow during the Cold War. By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Famed pianist Van Cliburn, ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Pianist Van Cliburn, who won public adoration and a New York ticker-tape parade when he won the first International Tchaikovsky ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 29-year-old from Hong Kong became the first pianist from there to take home the top prize Saturday night in the 17th Van Cliburn ...

It has become legend by now: In 1958, at the height of the Cold War, a lanky, baby-faced pianist from Texas stunned the world by going to Russia and winning that country's most prestigious music ...

The Van Cliburn Foundation is hosting its first international piano competition for young pianists — specifically 13 to 17-year-olds — beginning this weekend in Fort Worth, Tex. The main Van Cliburn ...

Thomas Oliemans came to New York to sing at the Metropolitan Opera. While he was here, he took a musical walking tour. By James Barron With Russia a pariah in the West since its invasion of Ukraine, ...

When the United States and Soviet Union were bristling, missiles aimed at each other, a piano was the unlikely weapon that made Van Cliburn "the Texan Who Conquered Russia." Time magazine awarded that ...