In 1973, Maestro John Giordano had just completed his first season as music director and conductor of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra—a position he held for the next 27 years—when he was called on to serve as jury chairman for the Fourth Cliburn Competition. For 11 quadrennial competitions and over 40 years, he performed that role with dignity and excellence, as an integral and invaluable part of the Cliburn family. He helped launch the careers of many, many young pianists, among those the seven who return this spring to pay tribute to him as he now becomes the Cliburn’s first jury chairman emeritus. PROGRAM: CZERNY Fantasy on Rossini’s Barber of Seville (21:01) Haochen Zhang, André-Michel Schub, Jon Nakamatsu SCHUBERT-LISZT Ständchen, Auf Dem Wasser zu singen (30:00) Vladimir Viardo CHOPIN Ballade No. 3 in A-flat Major, op. 47 (14:18) André-Michel Schub NINO ROTA Romeo and Juliet Farewell Scene (49:11) 8½: Final “Passerella” Simone Pedroni GINASTERA Danzas Argentinas, op. 2 (59:54) Joyce Yang RACHMANINOV “Easter” from Suite No. 1 for Two Pianos (1:11:57) Vladimir Viardo, Stanislav Ioudenitch INTERMISSION CHOPIN Fantaisie-Impromptu in C-sharp Minor, op. 66 (1:39:26) Jon Nakamatsu CHOPIN Valse in C-sharp Minor, op. 64, no. 2 (1:46:21) Valse in D-flat Major, op. 64, no. 1 Stanislav Ioudenitch ROSSINI-GINZBURG “Largo al factotum” from Barbiere di Siviglia (1:52:15) Stanislav Ioudenitch RACHMANINOV Romanze (2:00:07) Simone Pedroni, Joyce Yang, Haochen Zhang DEBUSSY La fille aux cheveux de lin (2:07:12) Haochen Zhang DEBUSSY Feux d’artifice (2:09:45) Haochen Zhang PROKOFIEV Toccata, op. 11 (2:14:36) Haochen Zhang GOUNOD-DE VILBACK Waltz from Faust (2:22:58) Jon Nakamatsu, Stanislav Ioudenitch, Joyce Yang, André-Michel Schub The John Giordano Tribute Concert was generously sponsored by TCU.