Hear the lanky Texan's iconic 1958 recording of Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1, made on the heels of his historic victory at the very first... Van Cliburn's Classic Tchaikovsky Van Cliburn's ...

Van Cliburn thawed out the Cold War. He went to Moscow in 1958 for the first International Tchaikovsky Competition. When he sat down to play, Russians saw a tall, 23-year-old Texan, rail thin and ...

The celebrated pianist played for every US president since Harry Truman, plus royalty and heads of state around the world. But he is best remembered for winning a 1958 piano competition in Moscow that ...

Van Cliburn, the concert pianist whose Cold War victory at the first International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow catapulted him to fame, has died at the age of 78. The Dallas Morning News reported ...

FORT WORTH, Texas -- For a time in Cold War America, Van Cliburn had all the trappings of a rock star: sold-out concerts, adoring, out-of-control fans and a name recognized worldwide. He even got a ...

(Reuters) - American pianist Van Cliburn, who awed Russian audiences with his exquisite Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff concertos and won fame and fortune back home, died on Wednesday at the age of 78.

VAN CLIBURN, 23-year-old American "ambassador at the keyboard," has taken London by storm with his pianistic prowess, just as he captivated music audiences in Moscow and New York City earlier this ...

Over the next few years, Cliburn’s international popularity continued as he recorded pieces ranging from Mozart to a concerto by American Edward McDowell. Still, having been trained by some of the ...

And he did it all with only a piano and some Tchaikovsky concertos. The celebrated pianist played for every American president since Harry Truman, plus royalty and heads of state around the world. But ...

The late concert pianist Van Cliburn was an iconic figure in the world of music. His rise to fame coincided with the height of the Cold War in the late 1950's, and his warmth of character and generous ...

Sonata for Piano No. 10 Van Cliburn, Piano Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer (4) Scherzos, Movements: No. 3 in C sharp minor, Op. 39 (1839) Fryderyk Chopin, Composer Van Cliburn, Piano (4) Ballades, ...