The award winners for the sixth International Piano Competition for Outstanding Amateurs are…

Richard Rodzinski First Prize: CHRISTOPHER SHIH, Physician (Ellicott City, MD)

$2,000 cash; Cliburn custom spurs, courtesy of LUSKEY’S/ Ryons Western Stores; Pair of Tickets and Official Guest Status to the Fourteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition (2013)

Second Prize: CLARK GRIFFITH, Database Programmer (ret.) (Fort Worth, TX)

$1,500 cash

Third Prize: BARRY COUTINHO, Family Physician (Pittsburgh, PA)

$1,000 cash

Jury Discretionary Awards: LESLIE MYRICK, Hospital Administrator (ret.) (Toronto, Ontario) and DAVID HIBBARD, Railroad Manager (ret.) (Fort Worth, Texas)

$250 cash

Press Jury Award: JANE GIBSON KING, Homemaker (Provo, UT)

Western hat, donated by Peters Bros. Hats

Audience Award: CHRISTOPHER SHIH

Box set collection of 10 Cliburn documentary films

Best Performance of a Work from the Baroque Era: CLARK GRIFFITH

$250 cash

Best Performance of a Work from the Classical Era: JUN FUJIMOTO, Piano Marketing Specialist (Scarborough, Ontario)

$250 cash

Best Performance of a Work from the Romantic Era: CHRISTOPHER SHIH

$250 cash

Best Performance of a Post-Romantic Work: BARRY COUTINHO

$250 cash

Most Creative Programming Award: CLARK GRIFFITH

$250 cash

Fort Worth Piano Teachers Forum Award: CLARK GRIFFITH

Guide to the Pianist’s Repertoire by Maurice Hinson.

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