Van Cliburn Tickets
Van Cliburn Opera Tickets
Enjoy an evening awash in opera music when you buy Van Cliburn tickets at TicketSmarter. American pianist Van Cliburn gained worldwide fame at the age of 23 when in the middle of the Cold War he won the first Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. It made him a star not only in his homeland but also in the Soviet Union where Communist leaders were among enthusiastic audiences. He performed around the world and recorded a lengthy canon of albums over several decades with ten Grammy Award nominations and two wins plus a Lifetime Achievement Award.
He left a lasting legacy with the Van Cliburn organisation, which operates educational programmes, presents concerts and runs competitions including the quadrennial Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. He played music as a child and performed with the Houston Symphony Orchestra before attending the Juilliard School in New York. Victory in the prestigious Leventritt Award led to performances with symphony orchestras and when he came out on top in Moscow, he became an instant celebrity.
He had played piano concertos by Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov at the competition and he toured the world with those works. His recording of the Tchaikovsky piece earned him two Grammy Award nominations and he won for Best Classical Performance in 1958.
He went on to record all the popular piano concertos by composers such as Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Liszt, Mozart, Prokofiev and Rachmaninov. His appearances diminished following the deaths of his father and manager and he died in 2013 at the age of 78. The modern-day demand for Van Cliburn tickets is thanks to a wide expansion of the opera genre over the years.
How much are Van Cliburn tickets?
Van Cliburn concert ticket prices may vary according to the popularity of the opera chosen and the seating selection. Most opera performance venues have tiered seating choices with orchestra, parterre, balcony, mezzanine, dress circle and family circle sections. Cheaper seating will typically be found in the rear-most section of the venue, these tickets will have prices ranging from $35 to $50.
Discounted opera tickets are not usually offered for matinee performances based on showtime alone. Premium seating choices will be in the orchestra section closest to the stage or the front-of-the-box sections. These seats will usually range from $180 to upwards of $300. Purchase your opera tickets with convenience at TicketSmarter.
Van Cliburn Performance Schedule
Be sure to consult our site for an up-to-date Van Cliburn schedule, as opera concerts may be presented in a variety of ways. Some productions may tour the nation, performing for one night only in select cities, while others will temporarily take root and offer a number of shows over the course of a week or longer. Some of the more popular operas today are Carmen, La Boheme, La Traviata and Don Giovanni. All theatre tickets are listed on the schedule above, so be sure to find the opera you're interested in near you to make your purchase.
