Be in awe.
I am compelled to share this amazing video analysis of the winning performance of the recent Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. Be in awe of the winner Yunchan Lim from South Korea, at 18, the youngest to win the competition in its 60 year history. Watch it below and experience the reaction of two of the competition’s jury members.
Remembering Van
Cliburn’s Win in Moscow
Cliburn won the first International Tchaikovsky Competition in 1958. An American winning in Moscow during the height of the Cold War. He played Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto # 3 to win as Yunchan just did. Cliburn became a bridge between Khrushchev and Eisenhower at the time and then later played for Gorbachev and Reagan to relieve tensions at their summit.
Meeting Van
Several years ago, while producing a music performance at The White House, I was pleasantly surprised that Van Cliburn was a guest and I was able to meet and enjoy a drink with him.
Cliburn remains the only musician to receive a ticker-tape parade in NYC. (I of course asked him about it.)
After the ticker tape parade, Cliburn arrived at City Hall and when Mayor Robert Wagner asked him to speak, he said:
The thing that thrills me the most is that you are honoring classical music.
Because I am only a witness and a messenger.
Van Cliburn
I am only one of many that believe in the beauty of music.“
Listen to Yunchan Lim
Do you believe Yunchan Lim’s career as a major International Concert Pianist has just been launched? View this terrific analysis from Tonebase.
