Van Cliburn
/ˌvæn ˈklaɪbɜːn/
/ˌvæn ˈklaɪbɜːrn/
- (1934-2013) a US piano player of classical music. He first became famous in 1958 when he won the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, the first time it had been won by somebody who was not Russian.
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