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Cliburn Competition
Winners
By ERIC O’KEEFE
Published: June 7, 2005
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Alexander
Kobrin, a 25-year-old Russian, won the gold medal Sunday at the conclusion
of the 12th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition before a capacity
crowd at Bass Performance Hall in Fort Worth. For the first time, the
17-day competition offered streaming audio and video in real time on
its Web site. During the finals, Internet users could vote for their
favorite, resulting also in an Internet audience prize for Mr. Kobrin.
Second place in the main contest and two other prizes went to Joyce
Yang, 19, of South Korea, the competition's youngest participant and
a student at the Juilliard School who lives in Manhattan. Besides her
silver medal, she won the Steven De Groote Memorial Award for best performance
of chamber music and the Beverley Taylor Smith Award for the best performance
of a new work. Third prize went to Sa Chen, 25, of China. Each of the
top three winners receives $20,000, United States concert tours and
career management for the next three concert seasons. Three other finalists,
Davide Cabassi, 28, of Italy; Chu-Fang Huang, 22, of China; and Robert
Plano, 26, of Italy each received $10,000, the concert tours and career
management.
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