The Eighth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition took place in Fort Worth, Texas from May 27 to June 11, 1989. Soviet pianist Alexei Sultanov won the competition, while José Carlos Cocarelli and Benedetto Lupo were awarded the Silver and Bronze medals.[1]
William Schuman composed his Chester Variations for the competition, while Robert Rauschenberg created its official artwork.
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| Contestant | R1 | SF | F |
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| Seizo Azuma | |||
| Jean-Efflam Bavouzet | |||
| Elisso Bolkvadze | 6th | ||
| Kathryn Brown | |||
| David Buechner | |||
| Pedro Burmester | |||
| Angela Cheng | |||
| Angela Cholakyan | |||
| José Carlos Cocarelli | |||
| Lora Dimitrova | |||
| Thomas Duis | |||
| Konstanze Eickhorst | |||
| Seung-un Ha | |||
| Eduardus Halim | |||
| Ivo Janssen | |||
| Jakob Jürgen | |||
| Hae-jung Kim | |||
| Rita Kinka | |||
| Kevin Kenner | |||
| Leonid Kuzmin | |||
| Jian Li | |||
| Hai Lin | |||
| Benedetto Lupo | |||
| Wolfgang Manz | |||
| Kazo Miki | |||
| Károly Mocsári | |||
| Predrag Mužijević | |||
| John Nauman | |||
| Shari Raynor | |||
| Veronika Reznikovskaya | |||
| Victor Sangiorgio | |||
| Alexander Shtarkman | 4th | ||
| Boris Slutsky | |||
| Ju-hee Suh | |||
| Alexei Sultanov | |||
| Hugh Tinney | |||
| Andrew Wilde | |||
| Tian Ying | 5th |