Semifinalists and Schedule Announced For 2025 Cliburn Competition
FORT WORTH, Texas, May 25, 2025—The jury of the Seventeenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition (May 21–June 7, 2025) has announced the 12 pianists advancing to the…
Yearly Archives: 2025
Review | Samuel Mariño Caps Tafelmusik Season with Sheer Joy
“I want to thank the musicians, and I want to thank you for accepting me for who I am … . When I’m in Canada,…
Review | Selaocoe’s Extraordinary Four Spirits & Prokofiev with OSM
The world of classical music is filled with prodigies and virtuosos. Excellence is the norm onstage in a large concert hall, and so it takes…
Report | CMIM Day 2: Are the Evening Session More Favourable to the Candidates?
The sessions at the CMIM that follow one another are all different. So far, the one constant is that we hear the most remarkable voices…
Report | CMIM Day 1: The Competition Begins
The Montreal International Musical Competition (CMIM) is officially launched! May 25 marked the beginning of the first rounds in the Voice – Aria category. Ten…
The Royal Conservatory Mourns the Passing of John Perry
TORONTO, May 23, 2025 The Royal Conservatory mourns the passing of accomplished pianist and longtime faculty member, John Perry. Known for his warm interactions with…
Canadians Alice Burla and Carter Johnson Advance to Quarterfinals of 2025 Cliburn
FORT WORTH, Texas, May 23, 2025—The jury of the Seventeenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition (May 21–June 7, 2025) has announced the 18 pianists advancing to the…
Lebrecht Weekly | Yunchan Lim Approaches Rachmaninoff’s 3rd Piano Concerto with Sheer Fearlessness
Rachmaninoff had large hands and enormous fingers. He wrote concertos for himself to play. The third, in D minor, had its US premieres in Carnegie…
Order of Performance Announced for 2025 Cliburn Competition
FORT WORTH, Texas, May 19, 2025—The Seventeenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition welcomed 28 young pianists from around the world to the Opening Dinner & Draw…
Lebrecht Weekly | Just Biber (Outhere Music)
If you had told me at the start of the week that I’d still be listening to Biber on Friday, my response would have been…
