Backstage @ Cliburn 2022

We're delighted to announce a very special #TwoPianoTuesday livestream series:

BACKSTAGE@CLIBURN 2022!

Launching Tuesday, April 4, the five-episode series will take you inside the unforgettable drama and riveting artistry of the historic 2022 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. 

As official correspondents for the competition, we were waiting in the wings to cheer on and interview all of the competitors as they walked off stage. The result was ten hours of unfiltered reactions, poignant emotions, and compelling insights. We have curated and edited together this footage to premiere, along with new commentary and performance montages (culled from 60 hours of performance footage), on five Tuesdays this April and May. Join us for exclusive content you won't find anywhere else!

Check out the trailer for a taste of what's to come:

HOW TO WATCH

Each of the five episodes will be streamed live (Tuesdays at 8:00 p.m. EDT) and available on-demand on four sites: our Anderson & Roe YouTube & Facebook channels as well as the Cliburn's YouTube & Facebook channels.
 

EPISODE SCHEDULE

Streaming live Tuesdays at 8:00 p.m. EDT

• April 4 – Competition Trends

• April 11 – Uladzislau Khandohi, Ilya Shmukler, & Clayton Stephenson: The Finalists

• April 25 – Dmytro Choni: Bronze

• May 2 – Anna Geniushene: Silver

• May 9 – Yunchan Lim: Gold

The first episode, "Competition Trends," is chock-full of content and not to be missed. We will discuss the immense challenges these competitors faced, repertoire programming in wartime, Sir Stephen Hough’s dynamic commissioned work, and much more.

We can't wait to share these powerful stories with you all!

20th Anniversary Celebrations!

Wow, has time flown by! We performed our first recital together on Nov 16, 2002 at The Juilliard School in NYC. Since then, we have:

• Performed over 1,000 concerts together in 4 continents, 21 countries, and 43 states

• Arranged and composed over 90 scores for piano duo

• Created 68 music videos with over 20 million views

• Released 6 albums (some of which spent over a dozen weeks on the Classical Billboard Charts)

To celebrate, we’re airing four special #TwoPianoTuesday livestreams to reflect on our shared history and discuss our top 20 favorite A&R music videos. The first three are available here. Join us for the final countdown this Tuesday, Nov 15 at 8:30pm EST / 5:30pm PST LIVE on YouTube and Facebook!

For those of you wanting to watch the top 20 A&R music videos in order, here’s a YouTube playlist.

And finally, and perhaps most excitingly, we’re releasing a brand new music video this Wednesday, Nov 16 (the day of our anniversary) at 3:00pm EST / noon PST! The webcast team at The Cliburn filmed us at the new Cliburn mural—“Chromesthesia” by artist DAAS—in Fort Worth, Texas as we dialed up the heat in our spicy four-hand rendition of “America” (from Leonard Bernstein’s “West Side Story”). We do our best to transfer the song’s rivalrous spirit to an acrobatic dance of pianistic pyrotechnics. 😏

Looking forward to the next 20 years (and seeing you this week!)!

Virtual Connection

We’re committed to connecting with our fragmented global community of family, friends, and fans however we can these days. To that end, we created our Facebook Live series #TwoPianoTuesday (Tuesdays at 6pm EDT) and we are loving it!

While we were incredibly disappointed to see tour dates canceled, we’re thrilled to have found the connection with our audience that we’ve been missing. We asked and you sent in great questions about our new Hallelujah Variations music video and our discussion on the art of two-piano playing spawned email conversations with fans around the world. We loved revisiting our unforgettable years at The Juilliard School with so many classmates and colleagues tuned in and our Star Wars Day / Cinco de Mayo / Mothers Day party wouldn’t have been the same without you. 🤗 Keep sending us your questions and updates and invite your friends to join the #TwoPianoTuesday conversation.

Your continued love and support has meant the world to us! Each comment, critique, and donation has been received with utmost appreciation and gratitude, as proof that our connection is strong. 🙌

“Only connect! ...and both will be exalted, and human love will be seen at its height. Live in fragments no longer.”

— E.M. Forster