#van-cliburn-competition

#van-cliburn-competition

Portland Piano International, as is its wont during the years in which the Van Cliburn International Piano competition is held, brought one of the Cliburn medalists to Portland for a recital. This year it was bronze medalist Evren Ozel, an American pianist whose powerful Tchaikovsky 1 and sublime Beethoven 4 concerti helped propel him to the podium. I had the great pleasure of attending the finals at the Cliburn this year, which I wrote about at length at OAW earlier this summer.