FORT WORTH, Texas, April 24, 2014—The Cliburn announces the line-up for 2014-2015 Cliburn Concerts, considered the premiere recital series in the DFW region. Subscriptions range from $40 to $270 and go on sale Thursday, April 24 at 10:00 a.m. at Cliburn.org or by calling 817.212.4450.

THE SEASON AT A GLANCE:

CLIBURN AT THE BASS

Tuesday, September 30, 2014           Beatrice Rana, piano

Tuesday, February 10, 2015              Denis Matsuev, piano

Tuesday, April 7, 2015                       John Giordano Tribute Concert, featuring

·        Haochen Zhang, 2009 gold medalist

·        Joyce Yang, 2005 silver medalist

·        Stanislav Ioudenitch, 2001 gold medalist

·        Jon Nakamatsu, 1997 gold medalist

·        Simone Pedroni, 1993 gold medalist

·        José Feghali, 1985 gold medalist

·        André-Michel Schub, 1981 gold medalist

·        Vladimir Viardo, 1973 gold medalist

All performances begin at 7:30 p.m. at Bass Performance Hall, located at 4th & Calhoun Streets in downtown Fort Worth.

CLIBURN AT THE KIMBELL

Thursday, October 30, 2014                       James Ehnes, violin

Thursday, November 13, 2014                    David Fray, piano

Thursday, January 29, 2015                       Lawrence Brownlee, tenor

All performances begin at 7:30 p.m. at the new Piano Pavilion of the Kimbell Art Museum, located at 3333 Camp Bowie Boulevard in Fort Worth’s Cultural District. 

CLIBURN AT THE MODERN

Saturday, October 11, 2014                       Lowell Liebermann, composer

Saturday, March 28, 2015                          Mark Adamo, composer

All performances begin at 2:00 p.m. at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, located at 3200 Darnell Street in Fort Worth's Cultural District. 

“It is one of the imperatives of the Cliburn’s mission to support and encourage artistic excellence, and we’re pleased to be able to do so not only through our competitions, but also through Cliburn Concerts—while also exposing our audiences to talent they might not otherwise hear without this unique series,” said Jacques Marquis, Cliburn president and CEO.

“We continue to explore new American music through the Cliburn at the Modern series, moderated by Buddy Bray. And, of course, one of the major highlights of the season will be welcoming back seven gold medalists and one silver medalist to the Bass Hall stage on the same night to perform a very special tribute to Maestro John Giordano, who served as Cliburn jury chairman from 1973 to 2013—40 years—and was recently appointed the first-ever jury chairman emeritus.”

DETAILED ARTIST DESCRIPTIONS:

CLIBURN AT THE BASS

Beatrice Rana, piano
2013 Cliburn silver medalist
Tuesday, September 30, 2014
7:30 p.m.

Italian pianist Beatrice Rana drew mass attention during the 2013 Cliburn Competition for “intensely personalized music-making” (Dallas Morning News) that “had an electrical current running through virtually every measure” (The Plain Dealer). Already a rising star, Ms. Rana was named “One to Watch” by International Piano magazine just before her Cliburn appearance. Recent and upcoming debuts include: Detroit Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Kennedy Center, and Paris’ Théâtre des Champs Élysées with conductors such as Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Leonard Slatkin, and Faycal Karoui.

[photos: https://plus.google.com/photos/111260045436593751122/albums/5903454223125272865?banner=pwa]

Denis Matsuev, piano
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
7:30 p.m.

Since his triumph at the 11th International Tchaikovsky Competition in 1998, Denis Matsuev has become a virtuoso in the grandest of Russian pianistic tradition and has quickly established himself as one of the prominent pianists of his generation. In addition to performing in recital in the international music capitals, he has performed with the world’s great orchestras, including the Chicago Symphony, London Symphony, Royal Concertgebouw, and all of the legendary Russian orchestras, and with master conductors such as Kurt Masur, Charles Dutoit, and Lorin Maazel. In 2010, the New York Philharmonic invited him as a leading soloist, under Valery Gergiev, in the orchestra’s 15,000th concert, and he was recently a featured performer during the 2014 Winter Olympic Games Closing Ceremony.

[photos: http://www.cami.com/?webid=612]

John Giordano Tribute Concert
Featuring eight Cliburn winners
Tuesday, April 7, 2015
7:30 p.m.

In 1973, Maestro John Giordano had just completed his first season as music director and conductor of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra—a position he held for the next 27 years—when he was called on to serve as jury chairman for the Fourth Cliburn Competition. For eleven quadrennial competitions and over 40 years, he performed that role with dignity, as an integral and invaluable part of the Cliburn family. He helped launch the careers of many, many young pianists, among those the eight who return this spring to pay tribute to him as he now becomes the Cliburn’s first chairman emeritus: Haochen Zhang, (2009 gold), Joyce Yang (2005 silver), Stanislav Ioudenitch (2001 gold), Jon Nakamatsu (1997 gold), Simone Pedroni (1993 gold), José Feghali (1985 gold), André-Michel Schub (1981 gold), and Vladimir Viardo (1973 gold).

CLIBURN AT THE KIMBELL

Lowell Liebermann is one of America’s most frequently performed and recorded composers—a favorite among orchestras and distinguished artists worldwide. His compositions have been recorded and released by over 40 labels, and his Piano Concerto No. 2, performed by Stephen Hough and the BBC Scottish Symphony, was nominated for a Grammy^®. He has served as composer-in-residence for many organizations, including the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Sapporo’s Pacific Music Festival, and the Saratoga Performing Arts Center, and won the Cliburn’s American Composers Invitational in 2001. He maintains an active performing schedule as pianist and conductor, in such venues as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, London’s Wigmore Hall, and the Berlin Philharmonie.

[photos: http://www.lowellliebermann.com/LiebermannPressKit.pdf]

Mark Adamo, composer
Saturday, March 28, 2015
2:00 p.m.

American composer-librettist Mark Adamo first attracted national attention with his uniquely celebrated début opera, Little Women, after the Alcott novel. Introduced by Houston Grand Opera in 1998, it is one of the most frequently performed American operas of the last 15 years, with more than 80 national and international engagements. While his principal work continues to be for the opera house (Lysistrata and The Gospel of Mary Magdalene), over the past five years he has ventured into chamber, symphonic, and choral composition; his first concerto, Four Angels, for harp and orchestra, was commissioned by the National Symphony Orchestra and debuted in June 2007.

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 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition is widely-recognized as “one of the world’s highest-visibility classical-music contests” and remains committed to its original ideals of supporting and launching the careers of young pianists and sharing the transformative powers of music with a wide global audience. The Fourteenth Cliburn Competition, held May 24–June 9, 2013, in Fort Worth, Texas, welcomed 30 competitors, aged 19–30 and representing 13 nations. Beyond the over 40,000 who enjoyed the Competition in person at Bass Performance Hall, the fully-produced webcast streamed over 13 million minutes of video to more than 170,000 unique viewers in 155 countries.

In addition to cash and other prizes, the six winners of the competition receive three years of commission-free career management, with the Cliburn arranging and providing full artist services for hundreds of engagements. Extensive media coverage for the winners is generated through a documentary, national and international radio broadcasts, publicity efforts with media worldwide, and recordings with label harmonia mundi usa. 

The Cliburn’s four-year cycle:

YEAR ONE—Van Cliburn International Piano Competition
(For pianists 18 to 30; held May 24–June 9, 2013; next in May/June 2017)

YEAR TWO— Non-competition year
(Focus on winners career management and growing local programs)

YEAR THREE—Cliburn International Junior Piano Competition and Festival
(For pianists 13 to 17; to be held June 21–28, 2015)

YEAR FOUR—International Piano Competition for Outstanding Amateurs™
(For amateur pianists 35 and older; to be held in summer 2016)

Additionally, the Cliburn promotes great music and world-class artists through the annual Cliburn Concerts series at Bass Performance Hall, the Kimbell Art Museum Piano Pavilion, and the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. It reaches 47,000 elementary school students each year with the education programs of Musical Awakenings^® and the community at large with free Cliburn in the Community concerts.

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

Official Sponsors of the Cliburn are:

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

Edith Winther Grace Charitable Trust, J.P. Morgan, Trustee

Jane and John Justin Foundation

Mercedes T. Bass Charitable Corporation

Sid W. Richardson Foundation

The Burnett Foundation 

Exclusive Print Media Sponsor:
Star-Telegram 

Exclusive Radio Station:
WRR 101.1 FM

Official Airline:
American Airlines

Official Piano:
Steinway & Sons

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