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    16th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition

    18-year-old South Korean pianist Yunchan Lim wins 2022 Cliburn Competition

    Stephanie Allmon Merry
    Jun 18, 2022 | 8:19 pm
    Gold medalist Yunchan Lim (center), silver medalist Anna Geniushene, and bronze medalist Dmytro Choni.
    Gold medalist Yunchan Lim (center), silver medalist Anna Geniushene, and bronze medalist Dmytro Choni.
    Photo by Ralph Lauer The Cliburn

    Yunchan Lim, an 18-year-old pianist from South Korea, won the Sixteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition on June 18 in Fort Worth.

    Second place went to Anna Geniushene, 31, of Russia; and third place went to Dmytro Choni, 28, of Urkraine.

    As the top prize winner, Lim takes home a gold medal, $100,000 cash, international concert bookings and management for three years, and more. Second and third place come with silver and bronze medals, cash prizes ($50,000 and $25,000, respectively), concert bookings, and more.

    Cliburn Competition jury chair Marin Alsop made the announcement June 18 on stage at Bass Performance Hall in downtown Fort Worth. It came at the culmination of a grueling 17-day competition, through four rounds held at the Van Cliburn Concert Hall at TCU and Bass Hall. The preliminary round started June 2 with 30 competitors. The field was cut to 18 quarterfinalists, then 12 semifinalists, and then six finalists who competed for the gold.

    Each finalist performed two concertos with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra and Alsop, conductor.

    Powerhouse run
    Lim, who had a powerhouse run through the competition, was the youngest contestant and now becomes the youngest ever Cliburn gold medalist. He was praised for his ambitious programming, technical prowess, and stunning execution. Critics particularly applauded his performance of Liszt’s complete 12 Transcendental Etudes in the semifinal round. (“Give him the gold medal right now,” one fan could be overheard saying in the hall.)

    But it was his performance of Rachmaninov’s Third Piano Concerto on the penultimate night that brought the house down. Cliburn webcast co-host Elizabeth Joy Roe called it a once-in-a-lifetime performance that left her nearly speechless. “It’s like he’s a magician, he can just conjure whatever he wants … He was filled with something divine tonight,” she said on the webcast afterwards.

    Critic Wayne Lee Gay wrote, “We haven’t had a moment this exciting at the Cliburn since Olga Kern played the same work here in 2001.”

    Likewise, the audience granted him the most rousing ovation of the competition, calling him back to the stage three times.

    A native of Siheung, Lim studies at the Korea National University of Arts and has performed with orchestras across South Korea. Coming to Fort Worth, he told the Cliburn he was “looking forward to playing in front of the warmest and most passionate audience in the world.”

    Additional prizes
    Other Cliburn Competition prize winners were:

    • Carla and Kelly Thompson Audience Award ($2,500): Yunchan Lim, South Korea, 18
    • Beverley Taylor Smith Award for Best Performance of a New Work ($5,000): Yunchan Lim, South Korea, 18
    • Best Performance of a Mozart Concerto ($5,000): Ilya Shmukler, Russia, 27
    • John Giordano Jury Chairman Discretionary Award ($5,000): Marcel Tadokoro, France/Japan, 28
    • Raymond E. Buck Jury Discretionary Award ($5,000): Changyong Shin, South Korea, 28
    • Patricia and Neal Steffen Family Jury Discretionary Award ($5,000): Andrew Li, United States, 22

    The three non-medaling finalists were Clayton Stephenson, United States, 23; Ilya Shmukler, Russia, 27; and Uladzislau Khandohi, Belarus, 20.

    The one American candidate who made it to the finals, Stephenson easily won over the Fort Worth audience early in the competition, as many remember him as a prize-winner in the inaugural Cliburn Junior Competition in 2015. His playing was described as joyful and full of charisma.

    Ukrainian pianist Choni received a warm and generous response from the crowds each time he took the stage, and he's naturally attracted worldwide media attention. After his final concerto performance, a woman from the audience hurried to the stage with a bouquet of sunflowers.

    Besides receiving cash prizes, the gold, silver, and bronze medalists all will receive "a comprehensive and personalized career management package, to include three years of concert bookings, artistic planning mentorship, traditional and social media training, logistics support, and tax and financial planning guidance, as well as commercial recording releases and a complete promotional package," the Cliburn says.

    The jury deciding the winners consisted of Alsop, jury chairman (United States); Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (France); Alessio Bax (Italy); Rico Gulda (Austria); Andreas Haefliger (Switzerland); Wu Han (China Taiwan/United States); Stephen Hough (United Kingdom); Anne-Marie McDermott (United States); Orli Shaham (Israel/United States); and Lilya Zilberstein (Germany).

    Of 388 initial applicants for the 2022 competition, 70 were invited to screening auditions in Fort Worth in March, and of those, 30 were selected to compete in June.

    The next Cliburn-sponsored competition will be the 2022 Cliburn Amateur Competition, taking place October 12-18 in Fort Worth.

    Anna Geniushene, Russia, 31

    Anna Geniushene, Cliburn competition
      
    Photo courtesy of The Cliburn
    Anna Geniushene, Russia, 31
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    Ballet news

    Texas Ballet Theater executive director leaving for new gig in Northeast

    Stephanie Allmon Merry
    May 19, 2025 | 2:38 pm
    Vanessa Logan, Texas Ballet Theater
    Photo courtesy of Texas Ballet Theater
    Vanessa Logan joined Texas Ballet Theater in 2016.

    Vanessa Logan, who has served as Texas Ballet Theater executive director since 2016, is leaving TBT for a new role in the Northeast, the company says. Her final day with TBT will be June 30, 2025.

    The move will allow Logan to be closer to her family, the organization says. Her new position has not yet been announced.

    "While we will greatly miss Vanessa and her leadership at TBT, we support her decision to do what is best for her and her family and wish her well in her new pursuit," says TBT board of governors chair Anne T. Bass in a May 19 release. "Throughout her tenure at TBT, Vanessa has demonstrated the highest level of professionalism. It has been a delight to have worked closely with Vanessa over the last nine years, and I am most grateful for her unstinting efforts that have advanced TBT in so many respects."

    Logan joined North Texas' largest ballet company before the 2016-17 season; she previously had worked at the American Repertory Ballet in New Jersey and Boston Ballet.

    "Being part of TBT has been an immensely enriching and transformative experience. Partnering with Artistic Director Tim O’Keefe, working alongside such talented artists, and collaborating with a dedicated administrative and school staff has been a true privilege," Logan says in the release. "I am also deeply grateful for the unwavering support of our committed Board Chair and the Board of Governors, whose vision and leadership have been instrumental. Contributing to productions that bring beauty and artistry to our audiences and nurturing ballet education for countless children in Dallas-Fort Worth has been incredibly rewarding."

    During her tenure with TBT, Logan helped the company navigate through the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 followed by a catastrophic winter storm of 2021; she helped smooth the transition of artistic director from Ben Stevenson to Tim O'Keefe in 2023; and she oversaw new school facilities in Richardson and Dallas. TBT has also begun a 65,000-square-foot renovation of its Fort Worth facility to support future growth.

    "Vanessa’s support and partnership during the transition was phenomenal. I cannot imagine another leader better equipped to guide TBT seamlessly through such a transformational change," O’Keefe says. "Her steadfastness instilled confidence and built trust with staff, students and subscribers as she ensured that we held true to TBT’s mission of honoring classical ballet while embracing a new chapter of artistic evolution."

    TBT’s Board of Governors will immediately start searching for Logan’s successor and will quickly name an interim executive director to oversee operations until a permanent leader is in place, they say.

    Texas Ballet Theater, which is a resident company of both Winspear Opera House in Dallas and Bass Performance Hall in Fort Worth, just closed its 2024-25 season with O'Keefe's all-new staging of the beloved ballet Giselle.

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