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Van Cliburn International Piano Competition
Next edition
No future edition is announced on the official pages we could check.
Overview
Piano competition held every four years in Fort Worth, Texas, for pianists aged 18 to 30. The 2025 edition ran May 21 to June 7, 2025. Prize totals are described as about $2 million, without a per-prize breakdown.
- Organiser
- The Cliburn (201 Main Street, Suite 100, Fort Worth, TX)
- Instruments
- Piano
- Category
- Solo piano
- Age limits
- 18 to 30 years old (exact cutoff date not stated)
Rules & repertoire
Registration & fee
Not published on the official pages we could check.Rounds & time limits
- Preliminary round
- Semifinal round, May 28 to June 1, 2025 (12 pianists, each performing twice)
- Final round, June 3 to 7, 2025 (6 finalists, concerto with orchestra)
Repertoire
2025 final round: concerto of choice (Sham: Brahms No. 2; Starikov: Bartok No. 2; Ozel: Beethoven No. 4). 2025 semifinal recitals were free programmes with listed examples only.
Jury & prizes
Jury (2025 edition)
- Paul Lewis (chair)
Prizes
- No individual prize amounts or currency stated; total prize package described as about $2 million (currency not specified on the page).
Past editions
- 2025 — Fort Worth, Texas (Van Cliburn Concert Hall at TCU and Bass Performance Hall) source
1st (Gold, Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass): Aristo Sham (Hong Kong); 2nd (Silver): Vitaly Starikov (Israel/Russia); 3rd (Bronze): Evren Ozel (United States) - 2022 source
1st (Gold): Yunchan Lim (South Korea); 2nd (Silver): Anna Geniushene (Russia); 3rd (Bronze): Dmytro Choni (Ukraine)
Summarised from official sources, last checked 10 Nov 2026. Main source