Activities
Van Cliburn International Piano Competition Winners Concert
The victory of American pianist Van Cliburn in the first Tchaikovsky International Competition in Moscow in the year 1958, at the height of the Cold War, inspired a group of music teachers and citizens of Fort Worth, Texas to establish the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. The first edition of the competition, which is celebrated every 4 years, was in the year 1962. Van Cliburn’s reputation rapidly attracted young pianists from all around the world, turning this competition into one of the most successful worldwide.
In the year 1993 Sinfonía offered the project of celebrating a concert with the winners of the renowned competition to don José León Asensio, President of Grupo León Jimenes, who were then celebrating their 90th anniversary. Since then, every four years, all the enthusiasm of the prestigious group goes to the preparation of the gala presenting the winners of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition.
Winners Gala of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competiton, sponsored by Grupo León Jimenes and Fundación Eduardo León Jimenes:
Octubre 28, 2015
| Vadym Kholodenko | Gold Medal |
| Sean Chen | Crystal Award |
June 10, 2010
| Haochen Zhang | Gold Medal |
| Nobuyuki Tsujii | Gold Medal |
| Yeol Eum Son | Silver Medal |
May 10, 2006
| Alexander Kobrin | Gold Medal |
| Joyce Yang | Silver Medal |
| Sa Chen | Crystal Prize |
May 8 and 9, 2002
| Stanislav Iuodenitch | Gold Medal |
| Olga Kern | Gold Medal |
| Maxim Philippov | Silver Medal |
| Antonio Pompa-Baldi | Silver Medal |
April 29, 1998
| Jon Nakamatsu | Gold Medal |
| Yakov Kasman | Silver Medal |
| Aviram Reichert | Bronze Medal |
December 15, 1993
| Simone Pedroni | Gold Medal |
| Valery Kuleshov | Silver Medal |
| Christopher Taylor | Bronze Medal |
Also have come to Santo Domingo as soloists for the Santo Domingo Music Festival and for concerts with the National Symphony Orchestra: Christopher O’Reilly, José Feghali, Katia Skanavi, Antonio Pompa-Baldi and other winners that have repeated their performances in our country.
