The 2011 Cleveland International Piano Competition, which WCLV broadcast wall-to-wall from July 27th to last Sunday, challenges not only the participants, but the radio and concert hall audiences. Pick the winner? You'd have more luck freeze-drying a snowflake.
But this year, the Gods of Music Competition smiled upon your announcer, as Alexander Schimpf of Germany, shown here in the WCLV Radioquarium Monday talking to WCLV's John Simna, placed first. As he completed the Beethoven 4th concerto Saturday night with the Cleveland Orchestra, the Severance Hall crowd roared its approval. I hoped he would win.
The man producing the photographic flash reflected in the studio glass is WCLV's President and co-founder, Robert Conrad, the voice of Cleveland Orchestra broadcasts, which are syndicated by WCLV.
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