Van Cliburn

About Van Cliburn

Birth Day: July 12, 1934
Birth Place: Shreveport, LA
Died On: Feb 27, 2013 (age 78)
Birth Sign: Cancer

Van Cliburn Net Worth

Van Cliburn was born on July 12, 1934 in Shreveport, LA. Musical prodigy who won the first quadrennial Tchaikovsky Piano Competition in 1958 when he was only 23.
Van Cliburn is a member of Pianist

💰Van Cliburn Net worth: $1.5 Million

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About

Musical Prodigy who won the first quadrennial Tchaikovsky Piano Competition in 1958 when he was only 23.

Before Fame

He played with the Houston Symphony Orchestra after winning a statewide piano competition when he was 12. He enrolled at The Juilliard School when he was 17.

Trivia

He was declared The Texan Who Conquered Russia by Time magazine after his brilliant performance at the first International Tchaikovsky Competition in 1958 that forced Cold War Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev to declare him the best. He was welcomed home with a ticker-tape parade in New York City.

Family Life

His mother had studied with Franz Liszt. He was involved in a lawsuit with his alleged domestic partner, mortician Thoma Zaremba, in 1998.

Associated With

He played for every United States President from Harry S. Truman to Barack Obama.