The First Van Cliburn International Piano Competition took place in Fort Worth, Texas from September 24 to October 7, 1962. It was won by American pianist Ralph Votapek, while Soviets Nikolai Petrov and Mikhail Voskresensky earned the silver and bronze medals.Results in the competition's website
Jurors Leopold Mannes, Chairman Yara Bernette Jorge Bolet Angelo Eagon Rudolph Ganz Luis Herrera de la Fuente Motonari Iguchi Milton Katims Lili Kraus Lev Oborin Leonard Pennario Serge Saxe (local chairman)
Results Contestant R1 SF F Vicky Adler Anahid Alexanian Carmen Álvarez E. Clement Bethel Jo Boatright Rafael Borges Sung-mi Cho William Cooper Don Feder Arthur Fennimore 7th Zoila García Salas Ilze Graubiņa André de Groote Milton Hallman Takashi Hironaka 8th James Jolly Elaine Keillor Jung-kyou Kim Hajime Kono Nina Lelchuk Marlene Linzmeyer Leónidas Lipovetsky Thomas Mastroianni Arthur Moreira Lima Manigirdas Motekaitis Hiroko Nakamura w/d Marilyn Neeley 5th Marta Noguera Cécile Ousset 4th Yun-hee Paik Dorothy Payne John Perry Nikolai Petrov David Pinto Gloria Saarinen José Sandoval Raúl Sosa Charles Thomas Sérgio Varela Cid 6th Mikhail Voskresensky Ralph Votapek Margaret Watson Leslie Wells Grace Wilkinson Walter Wolfe Sandra Yaggy
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