Thirty of the world's most ambitious pianists are now competing in the 14th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in Fort Worth, Texas. The competition began May 24 and will end June 9. A live webcast of the 2013 competition is available.
"Available at Cliburn.org, the webcast will bring the Competition to life around the world in real time with over 110 hours of live broadcasts of performances, interview segments, and awards ceremonies over the 17-day period. It will also include hours of other compelling material, including symposia, competitor profiles, special tributes to Van Cliburn, taped interviews, featurettes on the many aspects of the Competition (including its 1,200 volunteer force), and other behind-the-scenes glimpses.
Other online features will allow viewers to make comments and submit questions to the Cliburn team and webcast host; vote for their favorite competitors, which will result in an Audience Award to be given during the Final Awards ceremony; view all footage and segments on demand; and easily find news coverage of the Competition."
The 30 Finalists of the 2013 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition are:
Luca Buratto (Italy)
Sean Yow Chen (USA)
Alexei Chernov (Russia)
Sara Daneshpour (USA)
Alessandro Deljavan (Italy)
Fei Fei Dong (China)
François Dumont (France)
Yuri Favorin (Russia)
Lindsay Garritson (USA)
Jayson Gillham (Australia)
Giuseppe Greco (Italy)
Ruoyu Huang (China)
Claire Huangci (China)
Vadym Kholodenko (Ukraine)
Nikolay Khozyainov (Russia)
Marcin Koziak (Poland)
Kuan-ting Lin (Taiwan)
Steven Lin (USA)
Alex McDonald (USA)
Gustavo Miranda-Bernales (Chile)
Nikita Mndoyants (Russia)
Oleksandr Poliykov (Ukraine)
Beatrice Rana (Italy)
Tomoki Sakata (Japan)
Scipione Sangiovanni (Italy)
Hyung-Min Suh (Korea)
Alessandro Taverna (Italy)
Jie Yuan (China)
You-you Zhang (China)
Eric Zuber (USA)
