Van Cliburn July 12, 1934 – February 27, 2013 was an American pianist who, at the age of 23, achieved worldwide recognition when he won the inaugural International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow in 1958 (during the Cold War). Cliburn's mother, a piano teacher and an accomplished pianist in her own right, discovered him playing at age three, mimicking one of her students and arranged for him to start taking lessons. (jul 12, 1934 – feb 27, 2013)
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jul 12, 1934
feb 27, 2013
~ 78 years