Van Cliburn International Piano Competition

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The Van Cliburn International Piano Competition was first held in 1962 in Fort Worth, Texas. It was created by Fort Worth area teachers in honor of Van Cliburn, who had won the first International Tchaikovsky Competition four years prior with Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto and Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3.

The Van Cliburn Competition is held every four years (the year after the United States Presidential elections; thus, the next competitions will be held in 2009, 2013, and so forth). The winners and runners-up receive substantial cash prizes, plus concert tours at world-famous venues where they perform pieces of their choice. This competition now rivals the Tchaikovsky competition and is often dubbed "the most prestigious in the world."

Previously held on the campus of Texas Christian University, the competition is now held at the Bass Performance Hall.

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Winners of the top prize awarded in the given year (first prize, unless otherwise noted).

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