Van Cliburn International Piano Competition

84-Year-Old Chinese Pianist Liu Shih Kun Received the Most Outstanding Asian Artist Lifetime Achievement Award in New York

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Tuesday, August 15, 2023

NEW YORK, Aug. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The 40th Most Outstanding Asian Artist Lifetime Achievement Award Ceremony was held on Saturday, August 12th, in New York, presented by the Chinese American Arts Council (CAAC).

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  • NEW YORK, Aug. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The 40th Most Outstanding Asian Artist Lifetime Achievement Award Ceremony was held on Saturday, August 12th, in New York, presented by the Chinese American Arts Council (CAAC).
  • Chinese pianist Mr. Liu Shih Kun was honored with this prestigious recognition.
  • Liu Shih Kun is an esteemed artistic master and a witness of modern and contemporary Chinese history.
  • The 84-year-old Liu Shih Kun improvised performances of the Chinese song Ode to the Motherland and the American song America the Beautiful.

Junior League of Fort Worth Launches Organization's First Digital Museum

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Tuesday, February 1, 2022

FORT WORTH, Texas, Feb. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --Junior League of Fort Worth has launched the first digital museum within the Association of Junior Leagues International, Inc. to preserve over 90 years of serving their community.

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  • FORT WORTH, Texas, Feb. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --Junior League of Fort Worth has launched the first digital museum within the Association of Junior Leagues International, Inc. to preserve over 90 years of serving their community.
  • "The Junior League of Fort Worth is thrilled to partner with HistoryIT to launch our Archives Site.
  • We have been serving the Fort Worth community for over 90 years and we wanted to maintain our organization's 'memory' even with our designed annual turnover," said Elizabeth Knuckley, President of Junior League of Fort Worth.
  • To learn more about the history of the Junior League of Fort Worth in their newly launched digital museum, please visit juniorleaguefw.historyit.com .

Stanislav Ioudenitch of Park International Center for Music at Park University is Nominated by Steinway Piano Gallery of Kansas City for Steinway Teacher Hall of Fame

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Thursday, October 14, 2021

STEINWAY PIANO GALLERY OF KANSAS CITY is proud to be the only exclusive STEINWAY Authorized showroom serving the Kansas City, Wichita, Topeka, and the greater Kansas and western Missouri areas.

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  • STEINWAY PIANO GALLERY OF KANSAS CITY is proud to be the only exclusive STEINWAY Authorized showroom serving the Kansas City, Wichita, Topeka, and the greater Kansas and western Missouri areas.
  • Residents of the greater Kansas and western Missouri areas can experience premium quality and support for all of their piano needs.
  • "We are very proud to work with the talented music educators inducted this fall into the Steinway & Sons Teacher Hall of Fame.
  • Steinway Piano Gallery of Kansas City is proud to carry out Steinway's uncompromising standard for sound, touch, beauty, and investment value.

Cellist Nina Kotova Releases New Album of Brahms, Reger, Schumann, with Pianist José Feghali, via Warner Classics

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Friday, September 24, 2021

NEW YORK, Sept. 24, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Russian-American cellist Nina Kotova released her second album with Warner Classics on September 10, 2021.

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  • NEW YORK, Sept. 24, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Russian-American cellist Nina Kotova released her second album with Warner Classics on September 10, 2021.
  • Kotova is joined by the brilliant Brazilian-born pianist Jos Feghali, a laureate of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, who died tragically in 2014 at the age of 53.
  • Inspired by Pablo Casals' advocacy and dedication to honoring Bach's suites for solo cello, Reger composed his Suite no.
  • This NFT based upon Nina Kotova's release is a ground-breaking effort to introduce crypto native art into the rarified world of classical music.