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TPR Cinema Series: Virtuosity The Fourteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition
Featuring 30 pianists, including Vadym Kholodenko (Ukraine), who won the Competition's Gold Medal, plus the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, Conductor Leonard Slatkin, and the Brentano String Quartet.
Sunday, February 7, 2016, 2:00 p.m.
Chiego Lecture Hall at the McNay Art Museum
Tickets are available for a suggested price of $10 for subscribers to ARTS San Antonio, members of Texas Public Radio or the McNay Art Museum. Non-member price is $15
Proceeds to benefit ARTS San Antonio and Texas Public Radio.
About the film
Virtuosity searches for the musical souls of the most gifted young pianists on the planet as they try to make a name for themselves at the 2013 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. The pressure on these kids is overwhelming because the stakes are so high: prize money, concert bookings, a recording contract, a career.
At the heart of this story is the courage it takes for a 20-year-old to go onstage alone before 2,000 people, and hundreds of thousands more online, and perform a unique interpretation of one of the most difficult pieces ever written for the piano. The Competition requires not only a transcendent musical ability, but a mental toughness that must sustain the soloist through three straight weeks of performance. The Cliburn becomes as much a test of character as a musical proving ground.
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LocationChiego Hall, McNay Art Museum (View)
6000 North New Braunfels
San Antonio, TX 78209
United States
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| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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