The three-week Van Cliburn Competition reached its climax Saturday night with Aristo Sham of China winning the Gold Medal.

Angel Stanislav Wang, 22, of the United States was the evening’s standout performer, with a lucid, meaningful rendering of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major with the Fort Worth Symphony ...

The 2025 Cliburn medalists are, from left, Bronze medalist Evren Ozel, 26, from the United States, Gold medal winner Aristo Sham, 29, from China, and Silver medalist Vitaly Starikov, 30, from ...

Vitaly Starikov performed Schumann’s Piano Concerto in the Finals of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition Saturday afternoon in Fort Worth. Photo: Ralph Lauer With medals hanging in the ...

While their three competitors waited their turn on Saturday afternoon, two American pianists and one from Hong Kong, China, made their bids for Cliburn medals with impressive performances of concertos ...

On Friday, after a day for pianists to practice and listeners to rest their ears, Tuesday’s contestants will return to take a last swing at medals in concertos by Beethoven, Rachmaninoff and Brahms, ...