Eight years ago, I called the winners of the 11th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition: although I didn’t anticipate that there would be ties for both the gold and silver medals, I did predict Olga Kern, Stanislav Ioudenitch, and Antonio…
I’m back in St. Louis (there’s a production opening tonight at Opera Theatre of St. Louis, www.experienceopera.org , Mozart’s Il Re Pastore, and I’m covering it), which means that I’m watching the final round in the same way as millions of…
FORT WORTH The finals of the 13th International Van Cliburn Piano Competition are like a marathon; each of the six finalists performs three major programs in five days. There’s a 50-minute recital, a concerto with chamber orchestra, and a concerto with…
FORT WORTH - With the second of six final round concerts completed, those of us who came in late (by this competition’s standards) have finally heard all six finalists.
The clear audience favorite is 20-year-old Nobuyuki Tsujii of Japan: all the…
