Van Cliburn thawed out the Cold War. He went to Moscow in 1958 for the first International Tchaikovsky Competition. When he sat down to play, Russians saw a tall, 23-year-old Texan, rail thin and ...

Hear the lanky Texan's iconic 1958 recording of Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1, made on the heels of his historic victory at the very first... Van Cliburn's Classic Tchaikovsky Van Cliburn's ...

VAN CLIBURN, 23-year-old American "ambassador at the keyboard," has taken London by storm with his pianistic prowess, just as he captivated music audiences in Moscow and New York City earlier this ...

The Fort Worth organization is best known for its international piano competition. The inaugural conducting competition will ...

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Over the next few years, Cliburn’s international popularity continued as he recorded pieces ranging from Mozart to a concerto by American Edward McDowell. Still, having been trained by some of the ...

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Legendary pianist Van Cliburn was remembered Sunday as a gifted musician who transcended the boundaries of politics and art by easing tensions during the Cold War and ...

And he did it all with only a piano and some Tchaikovsky concertos. The celebrated pianist played for every American president since Harry Truman, plus royalty and heads of state around the world. But ...

As a former volunteer at Cliburn piano competitions, Patricia Tom Alexander knew she wanted to write a children’s book about Van Cliburn and his win at the first International Tchaikovsky Piano ...

In a new album, the youngest ever Van Cliburn winner puts his own stamp on Tchaikovsky's undervalued set of piano pieces called The Seasons. How Yunchan Lim changed my mind about Tchaikovsky's ...

In the 1950s, more than one big-haired kid from the South shook up the world with the way he played music. Van Cliburn was a lanky and laconic 23-year-old from Texas when he won the first ...

FORT WORTH, Texas -- For a time in Cold War America, Van Cliburn had all the trappings of a rock star: sold-out concerts, adoring, out-of-control fans and a name recognized worldwide. He even got a ...