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FIRST CLIBURN INTERNATIONAL JUNIOR PIANO COMPETITION
TO BE WEBCAST LIVE IN ITS ENTIRETY

Dynamic Piano Duo Anderson & Roe to host webcast; Online features enable viewers to participate interactively through Cliburn.org and Social Media

 

For immediate release

Contact:
Maggie Estes, director of marketing and public relations, mestes@cliburn.org, 817.739.0459

Fort Worth, Texas, June 19, 2015—The Cliburn will host a dynamic multi-camera live webcast of the First Cliburn International Junior Piano Competition, taking place June 21–28, 2015, at TCU's PepsiCo Recital Hall and Ed Landreth Auditorium.

Available at Cliburn.org, the webcast will bring the Competition to life around the world in real time with hours of live broadcasts of performances, interview segments, behind-the-scenes sights, and awards ceremony coverage during the 8-day period. Lively Piano duo Anderson & Roe (Greg Anderson and Elizabeth Joy Roe) will serve as first-time webcast hosts. The live stream can be embedded on other sites. Please contact us the embed code.

Other online features will allow viewers to make comments and submit questions, vote for their favorite competitors (which will result in an Audience Award to be given during the Awards Ceremony), view all footage and segments on demand; and easily find news coverage of the Competition. Viewers are encouraged to use the hashtag #CliburnJR on all social media platforms.

ABOUT ANDERSON & ROE
Greg Anderson and Elizabeth Joy Roe are the energetic piano duo, Anderson and Roe. Known for their adrenalized performances, original compositions, and notorious music videos, they aim to make classical music a relevant and powerful force around the world. Highlights of their 2014/15 season include tours throughout North America, Asia, and Europe; performances with the Calgary Philharmonic, Chautauqua Symphony, and Winnipeg Symphony; a new all-Bach album on the Steinway Label; and the release of their ambitious—and explosive—music film, The Rite of Spring. Anderson & Roe also performed at the Cliburn's new Cliburn Sessions series this year. To learn more about Anderson & Roe, go to www.andersonroe.com

ABOUT THE FIRST CLIBURN INTERNATIONAL JUNIOR PIANO COMPETITION AND FESTIVAL
The First Cliburn International Junior Piano Competition and Festival for 13 to 17-year-old pianists, takes place June 21–28, 2015, in Ed Landreth Auditorium and PepsiCo Hall on the campus of TCU, and welcomes 23 of the world's finest young pianists to Texas. The competitors hail from all over the world, representing 13 countries: the United States (9), China (5), Canada, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Japan, Kazakhstan, Russia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, and Tajikistan. A selection committee chose the competitors from an impressive applicant pool of 160 young pianists, through online applications and video submissions of 15 to 20 minutes. The Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra will perform with each of three finalists under the baton of dynamic conductor Mei-Ann Chen. Competition performances will be open to the public, and will also be webcast live at Cliburn.org. For a complete listing, biographies, and repertoire, please visit: http://www.cliburn.org/competitions/junior-competition/

JURY:  1997 Cliburn Gold Medalist, in-demand touring artist, and esteemed adjudicator Jon Nakamatsu (United States) will serve as chairman of the jury. Other jury members include: Lydia Artymiw (United States), Christopher Elton (United Kingdom), Mari Kodama (Japan), John Kimura Parker (Canada), Orli Shaham (Israel/United States), and Blanca Uribe (Colombia).

TICKETS:  Subscriptions and single tickets are on sale now, and all seating is general admission. (Subscribers will be seated in a reserved section with open seating.) Complete Competition subscriptions are $110. Tickets to individual concerts are: free for the Preliminaries; $10 for the Quarterfinals; $20 for the Semifinals; and $40 for the Finals. For additional information about and to purchase tickets for the First Cliburn International Junior Piano Competition and Festival in Fort Worth, please visit http://www.cliburn.org/competitions/junior-competition/tickets

WEBCAST: Available at Cliburn.org, the webcast will bring the Competition to life around the world in real time with hours of live broadcasts of performances, interview segments, and awards ceremonies over the 8-day period. All performances and videos will be available live and on demand. Piano duo Anderson & Roe will serve as webcast hosts for the first time ever. They will provide competitor information and Competition commentary, and conduct interviews to provide behind-the-scenes insight.

GENERAL INFORMATION AND PARKING Answers to frequently asked questions, including about free parking for all events, can be found at http://www.cliburn.org/competitions/junior-competition/general-information-and-parking/

ABOUT THE CLIBURN
The Cliburn advances classical piano music throughout the world. Its international competitions, education programs, and concert series embody an enduring commitment to artistic excellence and the discovery of new artists. Established in 1962, the quadrennial Van Cliburn International Piano Competition is widely-recognized as “one of the world’s highest-visibility classical-music contests” (Dallas Morning News) and remains committed to its original ideals of supporting and launching the careers of young pianists, age 18 to 30 (fifteenth edition: May 25–June 10, 2017). It shares the transformative powers of music with a wide global audience, through fully-produced webcasts and by providing commission-free, comprehensive career management and concert bookings to its winners. Rounding out its mission, the Cliburn also produces the Cliburn International Junior Piano Competition and Festival for exceptional 13 to 17-year-old pianists (inaugural edition: June 21–28, 2015) and the Cliburn International Amateur Piano Competition for outstanding non-professional pianists age 35 and older (seventh edition: June 19–25, 2016).

Over a four-year cycle, the Cliburn contributes to North Texas’ cultural landscape with over 170 classical music performances for 150,000 attendees, through competitions, free community concerts, and its signature Cliburn Concerts series at Bass Performance Hall, the Kimbell Art Museum Piano Pavilion, and the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. It presents 1,000 in-school, interactive music education programs for 200,000 area elementary students. During the same time period, it garners the world’s attention with over one million visits from 155 nations for live concert and competition webcasts; 300 concerts worldwide booked for competition winners; more than 5,000 news articles about the Cliburn and its winners; regular national radio broadcasts to 245 public radio stations; and PBS documentary, Virtuosity, the story of the Fourteenth Cliburn Competition, which will air nationally on July 31, 2015, at 9 p.m. ET, in a potential 105 million households.

Detailed information about the Cliburn and its programs is available at Cliburn.org.

Corporate and Foundation Sponsors of the First Cliburn International Junior Piano Competition and Festival are:

Alcon

BNSF Railway Foundation

Ann L. & Carol Green Rhodes Charitable Trust, Bank of America, Trustee

Fifth Avenue Foundation

Fort Worth Convention & Visitors Bureau

Fort Worth Piano Teachers Forum

Frances C. and William P. Smallwood Foundation

The Frill Foundation

GWR Foundation Fund of the Community Foundation of North Texas

The Garvey Texas Foundation

Jill and Charles Fischer Foundation

Martha V. Leonard Fund of the Community Foundation of North Texas

Mercedes T. Bass Charitable Corporation

National Endowment for the Arts

Northern Trust

Pier 1 Imports

Pinnacle Bank 

Qurumbli Foundation

Texas Commission on the Arts

The Ryan Foundation

Tarrant Technology

William E. Scott Foundation

Exclusive Print Media Sponsor:

Star-Telegram

Official Piano:

Steinway & Sons – North Texas / Houston

Official Sponsors of the Cliburn:

Amon G. Carter Foundation

Ann L. & Carol Green Rhodes Charitable Trust, Bank of America, Trustee

Arts Council of Fort Worth & Tarrant County

BNSF Railway Foundation

Crystelle Waggoner Charitable Trust

ExxonMobil / XTO Energy

Jane and John Justin Foundation

Mercedes T. Bass Charitable Corporation

The Pangburn Foundation, J.P. Morgan, trustee

Sid W. Richardson Foundation

Steinway & Sons – North Texas / Houston

The Burnett Foundation

 

 

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