The Cliburn is not unusual in this respect. Only two women have won the Leeds and Queen Elisabeth competitions, and only one ...

Milan's La Scala announced in May that Chung will take the post when current director Riccardo Chailly's contract ends in ...

Dr. Jennifer Shuford, Texas Department of State Health Services commissioner, joins the Standard with an update on efforts to ...

The Beatles, Led Zeppelin and classical pianist Van Cliburn (!) had come close, but Elton was the first artist to achieve the ...

On a performance-free day of this year's Cliburn competition, Jed Distler reflects on the tumultuous, short life of a previous winner: Alexei Sultanov ...

FORT WORTH — The 2025 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition reached its final round the week of June 3-7. Performances ...

For the L.A. Phil's Seoul Festival, leading Korean composer Unsuk Chin invites a new generation of composers largely unknown ...

There are summer festivals and special events of all manners to tempt listeners on summer afternoons and evenings ...

On Friday, after a day for pianists to practice and listeners to rest their ears, Tuesday’s contestants will return to take a last swing at medals in concertos by Beethoven, Rachmaninoff and Brahms, ...

Held every four years, the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition is considered by some to be the Olympics of the piano ...

Six young pianists from around the world are competing for one of classical music's top honors. Omar Villafranca shows how host families are providing home support and in return, private concerts.

The semifinal round of the Van Cliburn Competition had its 12 remaining pianists playing Mozart concertos with the Fort Worth ...