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2013.02.27 17:59

피아니스트 반 클라이번 타계

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'피아노 올림픽'으로 불리우는 '반 클라이번(Van Cliburn)' 콩쿠르의 주인공 반 클라이번이 27일 오전 텍사스의 포트워스에서 세상을 떠났다. 

향년 78세.

클라이번은 1958년 모스크바에서 열린 제 1회 차이코프스키 국제 콩쿠르에서 우승하면서 클래식의 전설이 됐으며, 1962년 그의 이름을

딴 콩쿠르가 신설됐다. 클라이번은 동성연애자였다.

4년마다 열리는 반 클라이번 콩쿠르엔 2005년 조이스양(2위), 2009년 손열음(2위)이 수상했다.



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The New York Times


February 27, 2013

Van Cliburn, Cold War Musical Envoy, Dies at 78


Van Cliburn, the American pianist whose first-place award at the 1958 Tchaikovsky International Competition in Moscow made him an overnight sensation and propelled him to a phenomenally successful and lucrative career, though a short-lived one, died Wednesday morning in Fort Worth. He was 78.

His publicist, Mary Lou Falcone, confirmed the death, saying that Mr. Cliburn had been treated for bone cancer and that he died at his home, which he shared with Thomas L. Smith, who survives him.

Mr. Cliburn, a Texan, was a lanky 23-year-old when he clinched the gold medal in the inaugural year of the Tchaikovsky competition, and the feat, in Moscow, was viewed as an American triumph over the Soviet Union at the height of the cold war. He became a cultural celebrity of pop-star dimensions and brought overdue attention to the musical assets of his native land.

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 http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/28/arts/music/van-cliburn-pianist-dies-at-78.html?ref=arts&_r=0

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