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 ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Pianist Van Cliburn, who won public adoration and a New York ticker-tape parade when he won the first International Tchaikovsky ...

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 ...

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 ...

Founded in 1962, the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition continues this year without the presence of its iconic namesake. But organizers... The Cliburn Competition After Van Six finalists for ...

And let's remember, now, a brilliant pianist who turned music into a bridge between the U.S. and the Soviet Union at the height of the Cold War. Van Cliburn passed away yesterday, at his home in Texas ...

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — 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 ...