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The Fourteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition comes to Fort Worth in May 2013. The Competition celebrates the discovery of the finest young pianists from around the world and is considered one of the preeminent music competitions!

• VanCliburnInternational Piano Competition is held every four years in Fort Worth, Texas – the Olympics of piano competitions!

•Thecompetitionwasestablishedtocontinuethe legacy of Van Cliburn.

•2013willbetheFOURTEENTHVanCliburn International Piano Competition.

•1962wastheFIRSTVanCliburnInternational Piano Competition.

•132pianistswerechosentoaudition in live recitals.

•5jury members traveled across the world to hear live auditions.

•Auditionsites:1)HongKong2)Moscow 3)Hannover4)Milan5)NewYork6)FortWorth

•30pianistswerechosentocompete!Allcompetitors are between the ages of 18-30 years old.

THREE ROUNdSPreliminary Round: 30 competitors play two recitals

Semifinal Round: 12 competitors play another recital and play a recital with a string quartet

Final Round:6competitorswillplaytwoconcertiwiththe FortWorthSymphonyOrchestra

Gold Medal – $50,000

Silver Medal – $20,000

Crystal Award – $20,000

Three Finalists – $10,000 each

Concert Tours & Career Management for all winners

CD recordings for top three winners

Dates:May24–June9,2013

Venue: BassPerformanceHall

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Who wasvAN CLIBURN?Van Cliburn devoted his life to sharing his love of classical music with people all over the world.

WinningthefirstTchaikovskyInternationalPianoCompetitioninMoscowatthe height of the Cold Warin1958madeVanCliburnacelebrity,whichwasunusualforanAmericanconcertpianist.VanCliburnbecameanationalhero. Hetouredtheworldandsoldmillionsofrecords.VanCliburnusedmusictocreate an understanding between different societies and increased interest in classical music all over the world.

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A.Age0–borninShreveport,Louisiana

B.Age3–firststartedtostudythepiano

C.Age6–movedtoTexas

D.Age12–wonhisfirstcompetitioninTexas

E.Age17–acceptedtoTheJuilliardSchool

F.Age20–playedatCarnegieHall in NewYorkCity

G.WonfirstprizeattheTchaikovsky International Piano CompetitioninRussia

vAN CLIBURN RECEIvES HONORSMedal of FreedomJuly 2003: Van Cliburn receives the Medal of Freedom Award from President George W. Bush

The Medal of Freedom is the highest civilian award in the UnitedStates.Themedalwasestablishedin1945byPresidentTrumantorecognizenotableserviceinWorldWarII.In1963,PresidentKennedyreintroducedthemedalasanhonorfordistinguished civilianserviceinpeacetime.TheUnitedStateshonored Van Cliburn for his contributions to the arts and to our nation with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Order of FriendshipSeptember 2004: Russian President Vladimir Putin confers the Order of Friendship Honor on Van Cliburn

TheOrderofFriendshipwasestablishedDecember17,1972,incommemorationofthe50thanniversaryoftheUSSR.Thehonor is awarded for distinguished service to the cause of strengthening friendship and cooperation between the socialist nations and peoples, and for significant contributions to the economic, socio-political, and cultural development of the formerUSSRanditsrepublics.

Medal of ArtsMarch 2011: Van Cliburn receives the National Medal of Arts from President Barack Obama

TheNationalMedalofArts,establishedbyCongressin1984,is awarded by the President. It is the highest award given to artistsandartspatronsbytheUnitedStatesGovernment.

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Thepianohas88keys—36blackkeysand52whitekeys.Whenyoupushdownakey,thehammerattachedtothatkeygoesup(inagrandpiano)orforward(inanuprightpiano)tostrikeastring.Thehammerisaroundstickwithaheadonit(itlookssomethinglikearealhammer),andtheheadiscovered with very dense wool felt.

Whenthestringvibratesitmakesamusicalsound;thestringisconnected to a large soundboard that amplifies the sound much louder than the string could do by itself. When you let go of thekey,afeltpad,calledadamper,dropsbackontothestringand stops the sound. Most pianos have around 220 strings that varyinlengthfrom6to80inches.Thelongeststringshavethelowestpitch(basssection),andtheshorteststringshavethehighestpitch(treblesection).

PEdALS HERE’S HOw THEY wORk: Right pedal -Theloudone.Alsoknownas the “forte” or sustain pedal. This pedal raises the dampers. Dampers are the wedges of felt that press on the strings to stop the sound. This pedalkeepsthedampersraisedsothetonekeepssounding.

Left pedal-Thesoftone.Asinglepianonote is normally created from two or three piano strings hit at the same time. When this pedal is used, it causes the hammer to shift slightly so that it hits only one or two strings, resulting in a softer sound.

Middle pedal - The “sostenuto,” is usually foundonlyongrandpianos.Thispedalmakesit possible to sustain selected notes while the player’s hands are free to play other notes that fade normally.

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Did you know?Thepianoisaninstrumentfoundinallpartsoftheworld.Ifyouthinkaboutit,almostanywhereyoulook,thereisapiano.Peoplehavethemintheirhomes,atschool,andatplacesofworship—andyoucanevenfind them in shopping malls. It is hard to imagine a time before the piano, yet they were only invented 300 years ago! The piano’s history starts with the discovery that a taut, vibrating string can produce sound, and datesbacktoprehistorictimes.ThefirstpianowasownedbytheMedicifamily in Florence, Italy. The piano was invented by Bartolomeo Cristofori aroundtheyear1700,andtheactionofthepianokeyswassoingeniouslydesigned that some of its parts are still found in grand pianos today. The name “piano” is actually a shortened version of the Italian term pianoforte, meaning soft-loud, and referring to the fact that the pianoforte could produce sounds covering a much larger range than its predecessors, the harpsichord and clavichord.

IS THE PIANO A STRINg INSTRUMENT OR A PERCUSSION INSTRUMENT?

wHAT TYPES Of PIANOS ARE THERE?

The piano is really a “hybrid”–a combination of two types. It’s a string instrument,becausethemusicaltonesoriginateinthestrings;andit’salsoa percussion instrument, because the strings are set into vibration by being struckwithhammers.

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Grand pianos have their strings and soundboard parallel to the floor.

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QUIZ TIME ANSWERS (frompage5)1)Thestringsarestruckbyhammers.

2)Musictonesoriginateinthestrings.

3)ThefirstpianowasinventedbyBartolomeoCristofori.

4)Thetwotypesofpianosarethegrandpianoand

the upright piano.

5)Thepianois300yearsold.

TIMELINE ANSWERS (frompage3)A.1934 E.1951

B.1937 F.1954

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Identify the continents by placingthe number beside each question mark.

1.NorthAmerica

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