Cliburn Competition: Saturday night performances
Alessandro Taverna (29, Italy), opening the Saturday-evening session, managed to find some surprises in that Cliburn cliché, the Three Movements from Stravinsky’s Petrushka — unusual voicings, a...
View ArticleCliburn Notes #5: Why are performers making such horrible faces?
Maybe it’s because the big screen over the Bass Hall stage is showing more facial views of the Cliburn Competition contestants during their performances. (There are several remote-control video...
View ArticleCliburn Competition: Preliminary Round nearing end
FORT WORTH –Wednesday marked the penultimate day in the Preliminary Round of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, at Bass Performance Hall. Alessandro Taverna (29, Italy) opened the day...
View ArticleCliburn Competition names 12 semifinalists
FORT WORTH–Announced from the stage of Bass Performance Hall were: Nikita Abrosimov (24, Russia) Sean Chen 24, (United States) Alexey Chernov (30, Russia) Alessandro Deljavan (26, Italy) Fei-Fei Dong...
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Cliburn Competition: Head-scratchers in semifinalist list
Jurors being introduced before Thursday-evening announcement of semifinalists in Van Cliburn International Piano Competition (Scott Cantrell)visit site to read more]
View ArticleCliburn Competition: Sunday afternoon performances
FORT WORTH—Alternating solo recitals and piano quintet performances continued Sunday at Bass Performance Hall, in day two of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition’s Semifinal Round. Joining...
View ArticleCliburn Competition: Sunday Semifinal performances
FORT WORTH — Alternating solo recitals and piano quintet performances continued Sunday at Bass Performance Hall, in day two of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition’s semifinal round....
View ArticleCliburn Competition: Tuesday afternoon performances reviewed
Tuesday was the last day in the contest’s Semifinal Round, at Bass Performance Hall. The day’s six performers alternated solo recitals and performances of piano quintets with the Brentano String...
View ArticleCliburn Contest: Some thoughts on potential finalists
Tonight, we’ll learn which six of the 12 finalists the Cliburn Competition jury chooses to advance to the final round. (Check the blog around midnight for the names.) I too often disagree with Cliburn...
View ArticleCliburn Competition: Last day of the Semifinal Round reviewed
FORT WORTH — The announcement of six finalists in the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition came too late Tuesday night for print deadline, but they will be posted on the dallanews.com Arts Blog...
View ArticleCliburn Competition: Winners announced, last performances reviewed
FORT WORTH — After a grueling two-plus weeks of multiple piano recitals, piano concertos and chamber music performances, winners of the 14th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition were announced...
View ArticleClassical music review: Second FW Symphony festival concert came alive
FORT WORTH—What a difference a day can make! After a Friday concert that alternated between flaccid and frantic, the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra’s mini-festival of Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff...
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