FORT WORTH, TEXAS, JUNE 13, 2016—The Cliburn announces today the performance order for the Preliminary Round of the Seventh Cliburn International Amateur Piano Competition, which begins Sunday, June 19 and runs through Saturday, June 25, 2016. 

The Competition will welcome 69 of the world's best nonprofessional pianists to Fort Worth, and will feature Preliminary, Quarterfinal, Semifinal and Final Rounds. The first three Rounds will be at Van Cliburn Recital Hall (330 E. 4th Street), and the Final Round will take place at Bass Performance Hall (4th & Commerce streets). 

In addition, alternate Joel Goodman, 67, (bio) from Carrollton, Texas, has been added as a competitor. Four participants have withdrawn from the Competition—Victor Alexeeff (United States), Daniel Bodonyi (Hungary), Alexandre Leite (Brazil/United States), and Wei Ling Wang (United States). 

Subscriptions and single tickets are on sale now. Tickets are $10 for the Preliminary Round, $15 for the Quarterfinal Round, and $20 for the Semifinal Round. Tickets to the Final Round and Awards Ceremony, at Bass Performance Hall, range from $10 to $60; visit cliburn.org or call 817.212.4280 for more information. 

Each competitor will perform a recital program of 8–10 minutes during the Preliminary Round. The performance order will be as follows:

Sunday, June 19, 2016

Preliminary Round Concert 1

10:30 a.m.
J. Todd Spangler, United States

10:42 a.m.
Joann Oh, United States

10:54 a.m.
Joseph Mercuri, United States

11:06 a.m.
Robert Seppy, United States

11:18 a.m.
Matthias Fischer, Germany

11:30 a.m.
Yumi Ahn, South Korea

11:57 a.m.
Kazuyuki Ohmura, Japan

12:09 p.m.
Madalyn Taylor, United States

12:21 p.m.
Mihono Kawamata, Japan

12:33 p.m.
Max Sung, United States

12:45 p.m.
Marco Di Marzio, Italy

12:57 p.m.
Jeanne Backofen Craig, United States

Preliminary Round Concert 2

3:00 p.m.
Thomas Yu, Canada

3:12 p.m.
David Lee, Taiwan/United States

3:24 p.m.
Deirbhile Brennan, Ireland

3:36 p.m.
Andrea Davide Bonotto, United States

3:48 p.m.
Simon Finlow, United Kingdom/United States

4:00 p.m.
Kevin Grigsby, United States

4:27 p.m.
Brianna Donaldson, United States

4:39 p.m.
Joel Goodman, United States

4:51 p.m.
Mari Yoshihara, Japan/United States

5:03 p.m.
J. Spencer Thompson, United States

5:15 p.m.
Gorden Cheng, United States

5:27 p.m.
Yvonne Liu, China/United States

Preliminary Round Concert 3

7:00 p.m.
Noah DeGarmo, United States

7:12 p.m.
Adrienne Johnson, United States

7:24 p.m.
Colleen Adent, United States

7:36 p.m.
Tessa Knipe, South Africa/United States

7:48 p.m.
Sandra Baumgarten, United States

8:00 p.m.
Summer Stone, United States

8:27 p.m.
Thomas Maurice, Canada

8:39 p.m.
Robert Biber, United States

8:51 p.m.
Marisa Naomi Haines, Brazil/United States

9:03 p.m.
James Carter Cathcart, United States

9:15 p.m.
Ipek Bozkurt, Turkey

 

Monday, June 20, 2016

Preliminary Round Concert 4

10:30 a.m
Hajime Kobayashi, Japan

10:42 a.m.
Alfredo Garcia Jr., Cuba/United States

10:54 a.m.
Rebecca Kao Wang, United States

11:06 a.m.
Shinji Wada, Japan

11:18 a.m.
Keiko Kircher, Japan

11:30 a.m.
Saffet Bayka, Turkey

11:57 a.m.
Debby Pearlberg, United States

12:09 p.m.
Brad Dunn, United States

12:21 p.m.
Steven Boyce, United States

12:33 p.m.
Sean Sutherland, St. Vincent and the Grenadines/Canada

12:45 p.m.
Serena Costa, Italy

12:57 p.m.
Sergey Veretennikov, Russia

Preliminary Round Concert 5

3:00 p.m.
Yasuo Kurimoto, Japan

3:12 p.m.
Julie Saito, Japan

3:24 p.m.
David Caldine, United States

3:36 p.m.
Lana C. Marina, United States

3:48 p.m.
Kuan-Chuen Wu, Taiwan/United States

4:00 p.m.
John Gutheil, United States

4:27 p.m.
Xavier Aymonod, France

4:39 p.m.
Lawrence Hsu, United States

4:51 p.m.
David Swenson, United States

5:03 p.m.
Eberhard Zagrosek, Germany

5:15 p.m.
Jane Gibson King, United States

Preliminary Round Concert 6

7:00 p.m.
Clark Vann Griffith, United States

7:12 p.m.
Ken Iisaka, Japan/Canada

7:24 p.m.
Jasmin Tiodang, Indonesia

7:36 p.m.
Janet Sommerfeld, United States

7:48 p.m.
Bruce Pfeffer, United States

8:00 p.m.
Jorge Zamora, Mexico

8:27 p.m.
Kuei-Ling "Christine" Hsu, Taiwan/United States

8:39 p.m.
Gregory Knight, United States

8:51 p.m.
Utako Tanigawa, Japan/United States

9:03 p.m.
Michael Slavin, United States

9:15 p.m.
Steven Stouder, United States

This schedule is subject to change.

 

ABOUT THE SEVENTH CLIBURN INTERNATIONAL AMATEUR PIANO COMPETITION
The Seventh Cliburn International Amateur Piano Competition  will take place June 19–25, 2016, in Fort Worth, Texas, in Van Cliburn Recital Hall (330 E. 4th Street) and Bass Performance Hall (4th & Commerce streets). 

The Cliburn International Amateur Piano Competition is open to nonprofessional pianists age 35 and older who do not derive their principal source of income through piano performance or instruction. Established in 1999 as the first of its kind in the United States, the quadrennial festival promotes lifelong music making as a vital part of daily life and has drawn 69 competitors this year. (Click here for competitor bios.) Cliburn Live will webcast 40 hours of live performances, interviews, and an awards ceremony over the seven-day period.

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 (Fifteenth edition, May 25–June 10, 2017) 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.  It shares the transformative powers of music with a wide global audience, through a fully-produced webcast 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 Amateur Piano Competition for outstanding non-professional pianists 35 and older, and held its inaugural Cliburn International Junior Piano Competition and Festival in June 2015, for exceptional 13 to 17-year-old pianists. 

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 a PBS documentary airing in a potential 105 million households. 

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

Sponsors of the Seventh Cliburn International Amateur Piano Competition are:
Alcon Foundation
BNSF Railway Foundation
Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport
Dennett Construction
Fifth Avenue Foundation
Fort Worth Convention & Visitors Bureau
The Garvey Texas Foundation, Inc.
Junior League of Fort Worth, Inc.
Pinnacle Bank
Southwest Bank
Star-Telegram
Steinway Hall-North Texas/Houston
Sundance Square
Texas Commission on the Arts

Cliburn Sponsors are:
Arts Council of Fort Worth
Crystelle Waggoner Charitable Trust
The Edith Winther Grace Charitable Trust, J.P. Morgan, Trustee
Sid W. Richardson Foundation
The Walton Family Foundation
William E. Scott Foundation

Exclusive Print Media Sponsor:
Star-Telegram 

Official Piano of the Cliburn:
Steinway & Sons – North Texas / Houston   

Official Hotel of the Cliburn:
Worthington Renaissance Fort Worth Hotel

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