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Show Utah Symphony Signs Pianist Van Cliburn Van Cliburn, piano sensation, to j perform with Utah Symphony. The Utah Symphony has just closed one of its finest seasons and it already looking forward to another big one. Maestro Maurice Abravanel and his musical crew are off to a big start to, with the announcement announce-ment that Van Cliburn, brilliant young Texas pianist who took Moscow by storm, would appear with the Utah Symphony Dec. 2, 1960. Van Cliburn is the most sought after pianist in the world. In 1958 he won first prize in the Soviet So-viet Union's International piano competition and became an immediate- sensation. Last year he received a "Grammy'.' award from the Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. The bushy haired young artist is expected to attract probably the largest crowd that has ever turned out for a symphony concert. con-cert. Season ticket holders will have first chance for tickets to the concert which will be held at the Salt Lake Tabernacle. Individual In-dividual seats will be sold in the order that they are received. Complete plans for the 1960-61 season will be announced soon. The annual progress fund drive will start immediately and every one interested in good music is invited to support the symphony with a contribution. The Utah Symphony office is located at 55 West First South in Salt Lake City. |