The Van Cliburn Competition started out at TCU and took place there for decades before Bass Hall was built. It makes sense that the early rounds move back to the school’s spiffy new music center, especially since those parts of the competition tend to draw smaller crowds than the finals anyway. The hall is two-thirds
The world-famous Van Cliburn International Piano Competition begins Thursday in Fort Worth. The event is drawing people from all over the world, including Russia and Ukraine as the two countries are at war.
Park University International Center for Music graduate student Ilya Shmukler is one of 30 competitors who have been selected to participate in the 16th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, which begins Thursday, June 2, in Fort Worth, Texas.