by Tom Strini, Staff
March 12, 2008- The Van Cliburn Foundation will host a YouTube video piano competition for amateurs, to be judged by online viewers.
The contest is open to any classical pianist who does not derive a significant portion of his or her income from performance, composition and/or piano instruction and is at least 35 years old.
The winner of the Cliburn YouTube Contest will be entered in the next International Piano Competition for Outstanding Amateurs, to be held in the summer of 2011 in Fort Worth; the application fee will be waived.
Videos, five to 10 minutes long, must be posted at www.youtube.com/profile_groups?user=VanCliburnFoundation by April 30.
Beginning May 1, voters may go online and choose a contestant. Voters will be required to register through the Cliburn’s Web site and will be sent a ballot via e-mail. Voting closes May 15.
For more information, including rules and regulations and video clips from the Amateur Competition, visit www.cliburn.org.
