“The winner of the 2021 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition will leave Fort Worth with twice the amount of cash that the gold medalist took home in 2017,” writes Stephanie Almond Merry in Friday’s (6/18) CultureMap Fort Worth (TX). “First place will receive $100,000 (previously $50,000); second place, $50,000 (previously $25,000); and third place, $25,000 (previously $15,000)…. The Cliburn also books concerts and manages careers of its winners for three years. The scope of their management will increase for the 2021 winner, as well. In addition to European and Australian representation, the winner will have official management” in Asia and South America. “The prize increases were planned before the pandemic hit … but the changes ‘meet the times,’ said Jacques Marquis, Cliburn president and CEO…. The Cliburn [pushed] the start of the next season to January 2021. (Its Cliburn at Home series continues to offer programming virtually through the summer.) The 16th Cliburn international competition is still slated for May 27-June 12, 2021 in Fort Worth. But in a major modification … a screening jury will not travel to eight cities … to pick final candidates. Instead, prospective competitors will be invited to audition in Fort Worth next spring.”
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