The Seventh Van Cliburn International Piano Competition took place in Fort Worth, Texas from May 18 to June 2, 1985. Brazilian pianist José Feghali won the competition, while Philippe Bianconi and Barry Douglas were awarded the Silver and bronze medals.Results in the competition's website
John Corigliano composed his Fantasia on an Ostinato for the competition.
Jurors
John Giordano (chairman) İdil Biret Jorge Bolet Anton Dikov Malcolm Frager Arpad Joó Lili Kraus Ming-Qiang Li Minoru Nojima Cécile Ousset Harold C. Schonberg Soulima Stravinsky Wolfgang Stresemann
Results Contestant R1 SF F Dickran Atamian Dan Atanasiu Christian Beldi Philippe Bianconi William Bloomquist Kathryn Brown David Buechner Hung-Kuan Chen Chia Chou Sergio de los Cobos Marie-Noëlle Damien Lora Dimitrova Barry Douglas Thomas Duis José Feghali Eduardus Halim Diane Hidy Ingrid Jacoby Young-ho Kim Norman Krieger Paul Maillet Joel Martin Yuki Matsuzawa Károly Mocsári 5th Thomas Otten Susan Savage Kathryn Selby Eun-soo Son Emma Tahmizian 4th Sharon Joy Vogan Rian de Waal David Wehr Andrew Wilde Hans-Christian Wille 6th Patti Wolf William Wolfram
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