Announcing the Participants of the 2023 Cliburn Junior

Meet the 2023 Cliburn Junior Participants! 248 pianists age 13 to 17 applied, now 38 have been selected to come to Dallas this June to learn from top international artists, make lifelong connections, and share their music with the world! Third Cliburn International Junior Piano Competition and Festival June 8–17, 2022 Caruth Auditorium at SMU and Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas, Texas This year’s Junior artists display impressive determination in their craft, from one who, at 16, has already finished first place in 30 international piano competitions, and one who, when he was 12, recorded the piano performance of the main character in the popular anime series, Forest of Piano. They also exhibit great talent outside of piano performance: one has been commissioned by the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center to write a piano trio, another is a National MathCounts finalist, and yet another has been seriously studying and practicing Chinese calligraphy since he was 4. T