Van Cliburn, American classical pianist, dies

Cliburn skyrocketed to fame after winning the first International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow at age 23, and was the first classical musician to be celebrated with a ticker tape parade.

 

 

Angela K. Brown Associated Press via MSM 2/27/2013

FORT WORTH, Texas — Van Cliburn, the internationally celebrated pianist whose triumph at a […]

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