Van Cliburn, Pianist, Dies At 78

By ANTHONY TOMMASINI, New York Times: Obituaries
Wed, 02/27/2013 - 11:19am

Mr. Cliburn won the first-place award at the 1958 Tchaikovsky International Competition in Moscow, a victory viewed as an American triumph over the Soviet Union at the height of the cold war.

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