PianoTexas

06/12/2026

Grateful to have an amazing team making PianoTexas 2026 a reality! And while not everyone could make it into this photo, our volunteers are just as much a part of this — we couldn’t do it without them. 🎹 yan

06/10/2026

We are proud to announce the winners of the PianoTexas International Concerto Competition - Young Artists Division.

Over two remarkable days, an exceptional jury — HaeSun Paik, Andrey Ponochevny, and Vitaly Starikov — heard full concerto performances and deliberated with great care. Three artists rose to the top:

Xuanxiang Wu | Brahms Concerto No. 2
Attila Szaniszló | Liszt Concerto No. 1
Shan Jiang | Rachmaninoff Concerto No. 2

This Sunday, June 14 at 5 PM, they take the stage together at The Van Cliburn Concert Hall with the Fort Worth Symphony conducted by Maestro Peter Bay, in a program that represents the pinnacle of the Romantic piano repertoire. Not to be missed.

Tickets in bio.

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06/10/2026

Guest Artist Update:

Due to personal reasons, Professor Xiaohan Wang is unfortunately unable to join us this summer. We are grateful to Professor Fabio Bidini of the Colburn School for graciously agreeing to join the PianoTexas faculty.

We look forward to welcoming Professor Bidini and are excited for the inspiration and artistry he will bring to this year's festival!

Italian pianist Fabio Bidini ranks among his generation's finest. He has appeared with the London Symphony at the Barbican, the Philharmonia Orchestra at Royal Festival Hall, and the San Francisco, Dallas, St. Louis, and Fort Worth symphonies, collaborating with conductors including Michael Tilson Thomas, Iván Fischer, JoAnn Falletta, and Gianandrea Noseda.
A sought-after chamber musician, he is pianist of the acclaimed Los Angeles Piano Trio and has performed at festivals across Europe, from La Roque d'Anthéron to Spoleto's Festival dei Due Mondi.
A top-prize winner in eleven Italian and eight international competitions—including the Van Cliburn and Busoni—Bidini was named the first Carol Grigor Piano Chair at Los Angeles's Colburn School in 2015. He has recorded thirteen CDs and is a Steinway artist.

06/09/2026

PianoTexas is proud to present the first concert of the Distinguished Artists Concert Series this summer. A piano recital by , the silver medalist of competition!
See you Saturday, June 13 at 7:30 pm at the Van Cliburn Concert Hall

06/09/2026

Participant Spotlight: Brandon Bing 🎹

Meet Junior Performer Brandon Bing from Canada! Joining us for the first time, Brandon started playing the piano at the age of six and quickly ascended through Canada’s most prestigious musical institutions and competitions. In 2024, he was recognized on a national stage when awarded the Grand Prix by maestro Yannick Nézet-Séguin at the OMNI Competition.

In 2025, Brandon was admitted to the Conservatoire de Musique du Québec as its youngest-ever college-level student!

🎥 Get to know him more by watching his video!

06/08/2026

Reserve your tickets today!

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The 2026 PianoTexas International Festival and Academy is underway at TCU as they present three Cliburn medalists in their Distinguished Artist Concert Series!

This Saturday, June 13 see 2025 Cliburn Silver Medalist Vitaly Starikov perform pieces by Bach, Shostakovich, and Debussy at Van Cliburn Concert Hall.

Then join 2001 medalists Olga Kern and Antonio Pompa-Baldi in celebrating 25 years as Cliburn laureates with recitals by Olga on June 20 and Antonio on June 27.

We can't wait to welcome these amazing pianists back to Fort Worth as a part of PianoTexas! Learn more at the link in the comments.

06/02/2026

Thank you The Dallas Morning News and Scott Cantrell for featuring PianoTexas on this past Sunday's paper!

Reserve your tickets today to this year's Distinguished Artists Concert Series Concerts featuring Vitaly Starikov , Olga Kern and Antonio Pompa-Baldi

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05/31/2026

Participant Spotlight: Peter Parra 🎹

Say hello to Young Artist Peter Parra from California! Peter studies with Professor Corey McVicar at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music Pre-College, is an NPR "From the Top" Fellow and Lang Lang Foundation Young Scholar, and has performed everywhere from Music@Menlo to the Great Wall of China.

Off the bench, Peter founded the Back to Bach Project in his region of California, regularly performs at UCSF Children's Hospital, and is a nationally ranked competitive ballroom dancer!

🎥 Watch his video!