Nation Feb 27 Watch Remembering Van Cliburn, 78, Classical Pianist Van Cliburn first gained worldwide attention when he won the first International Tchaikovsky Piano Competition in Moscow at 23. Cliburn died at home at the age of 78 after a battle with bone cancer. In 2008, Jeffrey Brown profiled the…
Nation Feb 27 Remembering Master Pianist, Maestro Van Cliburn // This video first aired on PBS NewsHour April 11, 2008. Read the full transcript. Van Cliburn, the classical pianist who was vaulted on the world stage when, at the age of 23, he won the first International Tchaikovsky… By News Desk