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06/24/2026

We Timeless Concerts performers dedicate our July concerts to our dear friend, cofounder and cellist as well as composer, Jim Higgins. You will always be my Texas big brother! Love, LeeAnne

06/12/2026

A skinny kid from Kilgore, Texas walked into Moscow and made Khrushchev blink.
His name was Van Cliburn. He was 23 years old, the son of an East Texas oil man and a piano teacher mama who started him on keys at age three. Nobody expected much from a lanky Southern boy at the Soviet Union’s brand new International Tchaikovsky Piano Competition, an event designed specifically to prove Soviet cultural superiority to the world. Six months after Sputnik humiliated America, the Soviets wanted another win.
They didn’t get one.
Van Cliburn played Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 and Rachmaninoff’s Third in the finals and received an eight minute standing ovation. The Soviet judges wanted to give him first prize but had to ask Nikita Khrushchev’s personal permission before awarding it to an American. Khrushchev said yes.
He came home to a ticker tape parade in New York City, the only classical musician in history to receive that honor. His recording of the Tchaikovsky concerto became the first classical album ever to go platinum, eventually selling over three million copies. Fort Worth claimed him for the rest of his life and named one of the world’s most prestigious piano competitions in his honor. Today the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition still runs every four years right there in Cowtown, and Neiman Marcus dresses the gold medal winner.
Texas history isn’t just cowboys and battles. Sometimes it’s a boy from Kilgore sitting down at a piano in Moscow and winning the Cold War one note at a time.
Drop a Texas flag if you had no idea this story came from East Texas.

06/10/2026

Today, Timeless Concerts registered for the new season of North Texas Giving Day! Excited to see what we will receive in September! I’m also glad this platform helps more people find out about us😁 You may read about our story on this site. www.northtexasgivingday.org. Sept. 17 is final day of giving.

06/01/2026

Thank you Arlington Today Magazine for making Timeless Concerts more visible! We appreciate your great publication! I look forward to it every month, to see great things happening our community. www.timelessconcerts.com. Next concerts Sat. night July 18 at River Legacy, and Sat. 2 pm at The Modern in Ft Worth. Theme: Classical Music Heard in the Movies. $15-$40. Maybe YOU will end up in the magazine after next concert?

05/28/2026

Timeless Concerts wishes tenor Sergio Cepeda a very happy birthday today! Come hear him sing with us July 18 or 25!

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