Eleventh Van Cliburn International Piano Competition Video clip of the Tenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition Playing with Fire. Texan Van Cliburn wins the first Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, becomes international celebrity. First Van Cliburn International Piano Competition held in Fort Worth in honor of Mr. Cliburn.
Soviet Union sends competitors.
Regional preliminaries instituted to narrow large field. Tokyo String Quartet begins lengthy association with competition, playing for chamber-music phase. Preliminaries become public recitals, professionally videotaped. Tapes are sent to Fort Worth for judging. Videotapes accepted from those who can't travel to prelim cities, but become rare.