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Jeff Malet  > Politics > White House - National Medal of Arts awards
The President and Mrs. Obama welcome you to The White House in recognition of the recipients of the 2010 NATIONAL MEDAL OF ARTS and the NATIONAL HUMANITIES MEDAL
Van Cliburn, Philip Roth, James Taylor, Quincy Jones, Joyce Carol Oates and others
March 2, 2011
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President Barack Obama
White House East Room
Van Cliburn for his contributions as one of the greatest pianists in the history of music and a persuasive ambassador for American culture. Since his historic 1958 victory at the first International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, Mr. Cliburn has reached across political frontiers with the universal message of beautiful music.
President Obama awarded a 2010 National Medal of Arts and National Humanities Medal to Van Cliburn for his contributions as one of the greatest pianists in the history of music. President Obama awarded the 2010 National Medal of Arts and National Humanities Medal to 20 honorees in the East Room of the White House on March 2, 2011 in Washington DC. The citation read “The 2010 National Medal of Arts to Van Cliburn for his contributions as one of the greatest pianists in the history of music, and as a persuasive ambassador for American culture. Since his historic 1958 victory at the first International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, Mr. Cliburn has reached across political frontiers with the universal message of beautiful music." (Photo by Jeff Malet)
Van Cliburn, the world-renown pianist who broke into the international scene in 1958 by winning the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow.
Van Cliburn
President Barack Obama awarded a 2010 National Medal of Arts and National Humanities Medal to Van Cliburn for his contributions as one of the greatest pianists in the history of music. President Obama awarded the 2010 National Medal of Arts and National Humanities Medal to 20 honorees in the East Room of the White House on March 2, 2011 in Washington DC. The citation read “The 2010 National Medal of Arts to Van Cliburn for his contributions as one of the greatest pianists in the history of music, and as a persuasive ambassador for American culture. Since his historic 1958 victory at the first International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, Mr. Cliburn has reached across political frontiers with the universal message of beautiful music." (Photo by Jeff Malet)
President Barack Obama awarded a 2010 National Medal of Arts and National Humanities Medal to Van Cliburn for his contributions as one of the greatest pianists in the history of music. President Obama awarded the 2010 National Medal of Arts and National Humanities Medal to 20 honorees in the East Room of the White House on March 2, 2011 in Washington DC. The citation read “The 2010 National Medal of Arts to Van Cliburn for his contributions as one of the greatest pianists in the history of music, and as a persuasive ambassador for American culture. Since his historic 1958 victory at the first International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, Mr. Cliburn has reached across political frontiers with the universal message of beautiful music." (Photo by Jeff Malet)
President Barack Obama
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