It’s been many years since Dallas-raised pianist Jeffrey Swann played in his hometown and this week he returns, but not as a performer. He’ll be on the jury...
Swann will be on the jury for the Cliburn International Junior Piano Competition and Festival running June 8-17 in Dallas.
Naomi Yamaguchi performs during the quarterfinals of the Cliburn Junior International Piano Competition at SMU's Caruth Auditorium on Monday, June 3, 2019, in Dallas.It’s been years since Dallas-raised pianist Jeffrey Swann played in his hometown, and this week he returns, but not as a performer. He’ll be on the jury for theThe competition’s opening rounds will take place at Southern Methodist University’s Caruth Auditorium.
“It’s a place where I played many of my first concerts and most of my first important concerts,” Swann said. “It has a very strong resonance for me.”Jeffrey Swann, a 1977 Cliburn bronze medalist, will be a judge for the Cliburn Junior Competition from June 8 to 17 in Dallas. Now on faculty at New York University, Swann won the bronze medal at the flagship Cliburn competition in 1977. He is the only Texan to medal at the Fort Worth competition, named after the legendary Texas pianist Van Cliburn.
“Winning the Cliburn was a wonderful thing, but it was the hardest of the competitions I did … because I was at home,” Swann said.
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