Jed Distler's Cliburn Blog No 17: Towards the home stretch
- Sunday, June 8, 2025
'Aristo Sham took command of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No 2 and ran away with it, infusing the gnarly...
2025 Cliburn Competition
Jed Distler's Cliburn Blog No 18: And the winner is …
- Sunday, June 8, 2025
'With the Final Round performances fresh in my inner ears, the verdict at first surprised and...
Jed Distler's Cliburn Blog No 16: Alexei Sultanov reconsidered
- Friday, June 6, 2025
On a performance-free day of this year's Cliburn competition, Jed Distler reflects on the...
Jed Distler's Cliburn Blog No 15: A brain in each finger
- Thursday, June 5, 2025
'Carter Johnson commandeered the complex and unwieldy textures with minimum effort and maximum...
Jed Distler's Cliburn Blog No 14: First of the Finals
- Wednesday, June 4, 2025
'Evren Ozel’s precise alignment of accents and phrase groupings in rapid passages created a ballet...
Jed Distler's Cliburn Blog No 13: The Cliburn Commissions
- Tuesday, June 3, 2025
On a rest day for the competition, Jed Distler looks back at some of the new music commissioned...
Jed Distler's Cliburn Blog No 12: The Semi-finals conclude and the finalists are chosen
- Monday, June 2, 2025
'Philipp Lynov proved to be an undisputed master of Ravel’s domain, where technical hurdles simply...
Jed Distler's Cliburn Blog No 11: Back on Track
- Sunday, June 1, 2025
'A win/win performance for all parties concerned, including Mozart!'
Jed Distler's Cliburn Blog No 10: Off Again and On Again
- Saturday, May 31, 2025
'Aristo Sham displayed a sensitivity and genuine collaborative spirit throughout the A major...
Jed Distler's Cliburn Blog No 9: From Mozart's Concertos to Mussorgsky's Pictures
- Friday, May 30, 2025
'Jonas Aumiller opened his recital with the best Bach-Busoni D major Organ Prelude and Fugue,...
Jed Distler's Cliburn Blog No 8: ‘I want to play like that!’
- Thursday, May 29, 2025
'Aristo Sham’s march rhythms in the final piece were akin to a chorus line of lightning bolts'
Jed Distler's Cliburn Blog No 7: Van Cliburn the pianist
- Wednesday, May 28, 2025
A rest day in the competition gives Jed Distler time to reflect on Van Cliburn – American icon,...
Jed Distler's Cliburn Blog No 6: Flashback to 2005's competition
- Tuesday, May 27, 2025
This year's competitors have a rest day, so Jed Distler looks back 20 years to The Cliburn...
Jed Distler's Cliburn Blog No 5: Getting serious with some heavy-hitters
- Monday, May 26, 2025
'The freedom and sheer fun that Chaeyoung Park conveyed in Brahms’s Paganini Variations, Book 2,...
Jed Distler's Cliburn Blog No 4: The Quarter-finals begin
- Sunday, May 25, 2025
'Carter Johnson’s jaunty groove in the first movement abounded in playfulness and propulsion'
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