Renowned American classical pianist Van Cliburn died Wednesday morning at the age of 78 after a battle with bone cancer, publicist and longtime friend Mary Lou Falcone told The Associated Press. Falcone announced in
NYTimes: "Van Cliburn, the American pianist whose first-place award at the 1958 Tchaikovsky International Competition in Moscow made him an overnight sensation and propelled him to a phenomenally successful and
FT. WORTH, Texas, February 28, 2013 â€" Van Cliburn, the legendary American pianist whose victory in Moscow's 1958 Tchaikovsky International Competition electrified America and the world, died Wednesday morning, February 27, in Ft. Worth, Texas, his
There is only one musician in American history who played a key diplomatic role, even unwittingly, in the Cold Warâ€"not once, but twice. That is the extraordinary legacy of the piano prodigy Van Cliburn, the lanky Texan with
Texas pianist Van Cliburn performs to a packed audience in the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory in Moscow in April 1958 during the first International Tchaikovsky Competition, which he won. (Van Cliburn Foundation, via AP). Yet it is no
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