Van Cliburn Net Worth is
$13 Million

Mini Biography

Van Cliburn was created Harvey Lavan Cliburn, Jr. on July 12, 1934, in Shreveport, Louisiana, USA. His mom, called Rildia Bee O’Bryan, have been trained piano by Arthur Friedheim, a pupil of Franz Liszt. Cliburn started acquiring piano lessons at age three from his mom, who was rigid and demanded excellence. At age twelve Cliburn received a piano competition in Tx and produced his debut using the Houston Symphony Orchestra. At age twenty he produced his debut at Carnegie Hall. In 1958 Cliburn won the Initial International Tshaikovsky Piano Competition in Moscow. There he performed the Piano Concerto No. 1 by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky as well as the Piano Concerto No. 3 by Sergei Rachmaninoff in his triumphal competition finale shows. Cliburn’s mastery of piano was therefore convincing that actually Nikita Khrushchev decided, when the Soviet judges asked him for authorization to provide the first reward for an American. Cliburn was within the cover of your time as “The Texan Who Conquered Russia.” He produced a fine documenting of Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto Zero. 1, which became the best-selling traditional album, eventually heading triple platinum. Cliburn also documented the music of Edvard Grieg, Sergei Rachmaninoff, and Ludwig vehicle Beethoven among additional composers. Since 1962 Vehicle Cliburn continues to be the artistic advisor for the Vehicle Cliburn International Piano Competition in Fort Well worth, Texas. Its worldwide prestige now competitors that of the Tchaikovsky Piano Competition. Cliburn produced looks at such essential political occasions, as the 1987 White colored House conference between Chief executive Reagan and Soviet innovator Mikhail Gorbachev. In 1991 Cliburn performed in the opening from the 100th Wedding anniversary time of year of Carnegie Hall. In 2003 he was granted the Presidential Medal of Independence, and in 2004 received the Russian Purchase of Companionship. He has performed piano music for royalty, mind of claims, and for each and every Chief executive of america since Harry S. Truman. Vehicle Cliburn is surviving in Fort Well worth, Texas. He’s a Steinway designer. He is the owner of a assortment of Steinway pianos that are tuned-up to support his specific touch and design.

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Quick Facts

Full Name	Van Cliburn
Died	February 27, 2013, Fort Worth, Texas, United States
Profession	Pianist
Education	Juilliard School
Nationality	American
Parents	Rildia Bee O'Bryan, Harvey L. Cliburn
Awards	Peabody Award
Music Groups	Symphony of Southeast Texas
Nominations	Grammy Award for Album of the Year, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Classical Music Program
Movies	The Golden Age of the Piano, Van Cliburn: A Portrait, Van Cliburn in Moscow: Vol. 1, Van Cliburn in Moscow: Vol. 2, Van Cliburn in Moscow: Vol. 4
TV Shows	Live from Lincoln Center