Official Trailer "A Surprise in Texas: Thirteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition"

A Surprise in Texas: The Thirteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition literally brings the viewer backstage during a rigorous three-week competition schedule in May and June 2009, and offers insight into the daily lives of the Thirteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition finalists while they were in Fort Worth, Texas. Hailing from 14 countries, competitors were welcomed with Texas-sized hospitality by their host families and immersed in a city best characterized by the Fort Worth Convention and Visitor's Bureau's advertising slogan, "Cowboys and Culture."

DVD goes on sale September 1, 2010 at http://cliburn.org

Category:

Music

Tags:

• piano
• documentary
• vancliburn
• cliburn
• haochen zhang
• nobuyuki tsujii
• evgeni bozhanov
• di wu
• yeol eum son
• mariangela vacatello

[antoniapadua]

marvellous performers

[dseanmat]

I can't wait to see this documentary. I watched the entire competition live on the Internet and it was one of the greatest thrills I enjoyed all year!

[fisarmonicista]

@tyu3456 =D

[tyu3456]

@fisarmonicista oh no no I didnt mean it that way at all! It wasn't offensive I was just wondering what happened...

[fisarmonicista]

@tyu3456 Well, I don't know, it's just a thought I had (I didn't hear the whole competition), that's something I heard from a teacher when they said the results of a competition. I'm sorry if the comment was offensive.

[tyu3456]

@fisarmonicista so what happened, the first prize winner paid off the judges??

[fisarmonicista]

@Dankbarkeit1980 There's corruption even in art.

[Dankbarkeit1980]

Nice video but I will never understand why Evgeni Bozhanov didn't won. He is a marvelous pianist...I mean, he could take the 3d or the 2nd preis but If I remember well, he was not a prize winner and that was pity in my opinion.