WATCH: 5 jaw-dropping live piano performances from Van Cliburn


16 May 2022
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By Ellie Palmer
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Enjoy the very best of the legendary American pianist Van Cliburn! He appears on the cover of Pianist 126, which you can order or download below

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Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 3 in D minor, Op 30

With the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Kirill Kondrashin, 1958

 

 

Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No.1 Movement III

With conductor Kirill Kondrashin, 1962

 

 

Liszt Un Sospiro

Date unknown

 

 

 

Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1

With the Boston Symphony Orchestra and conductor Erich Leinsdorf, Tanglewood Festival, 1964

 

 

American National Anthem

 1994

 

Main image: ©Nijs, Jac. de / Anefo

 

Van Cliburn appears on the cover of Pianist 126 – a special American issue. Inside, the pianist's biographer Stuart Isacoff tells the remarkable story of Van Cliburn’s trajectory to fame.