Has anyone else here seen Van Cliburn live in concert???

[Manifestor_of_Light]

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He was a great pianist. I saw him perform a recital in Jones Hall, Houston, probably around 1970 or '71. Very tall man, big hands, friendly after concert, backstage.

I put this on my altar today:

[madinmaryland]

1. My parents may have. I remember them having one or two of his albums.

[NYC_SKP]

2. RIP (nt)

[grasswire]

3. yes, a long time ago

I remember the melody of the major piece he played, although I can't remember the name of it.

[BlueStreak]

4. I saw him when I was in grade school. It must have been around 1965

which was a few years after he had become famous. He played in Indianapolis in Hinkle Fieldhouse at Butler University. That building is a huge barn. Lousy for acoustics, but a convenient place for busing in kids from all over the area. Most of us didn't realize what a big deal this was at the time. It wasn't just his artistry. He was a real symbolic figure at the height of the Cold War.

[Poiuyt]

5. I saw him in 1975 and got a chance to meet him at a reception after the recital

I live in a small city in Wisconsin, yet he was wonderfully gracious to us all.

PS - I have that same album

[Manifestor_of_Light]

6. Very cool!! I still have a massive collection of vinyl records.

Or what the DJs called back in the Dark Ages,
"stacks and stacks and stacks of wax".

[juajen]

7. I saw him in concert, I believe in Birmingham, Alabama in the Sixties.