HDV Meets HDCam “In the Heart of Music” Documenting the 2005 Van Cliburn Piano Competition

Molly McBride

Every four years since 1961 the streets of down town Fort Worth, Texas swell with an influx of pianists, piano enthusiasts, journalists and filmmakers; all present to participate, in their own way, in the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. The competition actually begins months earlier with auditions in the Netherlands, Russia, Italy, New York and Fort Worth. During the auditions this year, 147 pianists, under 30 years of age, vied to become one of the 35 contestants in the 12th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition.

Published
2005-11
Content type
Original Research
DOI
10.5594/M00388
ISBN
978-1-61482-942-3