2026 Cliburn Festival: America 250 will take place March 26–29, 2026, at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth with pianists-in-residence Peter Dugan, Avery Gagliano, and Jonathan Mamora.
The 2026 Cliburn Festival: America 250 will take place March 26–29, 2026, at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. The 2026 Cliburn Festival explores the ways music reflects the American experience over the last 250 years, bringing together a group of artists to present music written in, inspired by, and reflective of the United States of America.
Cliburn Festival artists will come together to explore the expanding canon of American music, in a diverse program of solo, chamber, and vocal works in five concerts over four days. The Festival features pianists Peter Dugan (Host of NPR’s From the Top), Avery Gagliano (2020 National Chopin Competition first-prize winner), and Jonathan Mamora (2025 Cliburn competitor).The artists-in-residence will be joined by mezzo-soprano Kara Dugan and an ensemble of string musicians to showcase the versatility and variety of American music.
Single tickets and subscription packages for the 2026 Cliburn Festival are on sale now. Single tickets start at $22. Five-concert subscription packages start at $80. Tickets can be purchased at Cliburn.org or by calling the box office at 817.212.4280.
The 2026 Cliburn Festival presenting sponsor is Amegy Bank. PETER DUGAN
Host of NPR’s From the Top
AVERY GAGLIANO
2020 National Chopin Competition first-prize winner
ABOUT JONTHAN MAMORA
2025 Cliburn Competitor
CLIBURN FESTIVAL SCHEDULE *Programs are subject to change.
THURSDAY, MARCH 26 I 7:30 PM AMERICAN ROOTS Works Inspired by American folk music and communities
BARBER Selections from Souvenirs for piano, four hands, op. 28
PRICE Adoration
PRICE “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot” from Folksongs in Counterpoint
Selected American songs
RZEWSKI Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues
DVOŘÁK String Quartet No. 12 in F Major, op. 96 (“American”)
FRIDAY, MARCH 27 I 7:30 PM AMERICAN JAZZ America’s greatest musical export
GERSHWIN/HEIFETZ Three Preludes
SCHNEIDER Selections from Winter Morning Walk
RAVEL Violin Sonata No. 2
SCHOENFELD Café Music (I)
Selected Jazz Standards
SATURDAY, MARCH 28 I 2:00 PM AMERICAN MOSAIC Music of cultural exchange and influence
BOULANGER Three Pieces for Cello and Piano
BEACH Chanson d’amour
RAVEL Selections from Chansons Madecasses
ESMAIL Piano Trio (III, IV)
COPLAND/BERNSTEIN El Salón México
KORNGOLD Selected works for violin and piano
DUGAN Rach on (on Rachmaninov’s Prelude in C-sharp Minor, op. 3, no. 2)
COLEMAN Fanmi Imen
FOSS Capriccio for cello and piano
SATURDAY, MARCH 28 I 7:30 PM AMERICAN ROMANTICS Music of American individualism and love of nature
MACDOWELL Selections from Woodland Sketches
LOEFFLER Selected songs
BARBER Nocturne, op. 33
COLEMAN Music in Timelapse
BEACH Piano Quintet in F-sharp Minor, op. 67
SUNDAY, MARCH 29 I 2:00 PM AMERICAN CLASSICS Iconic Classical Works
LIEBERMANN Gargoyles
BARBER String Quartet in B Minor, op. 11 (II, III)
Selected American songs
STILL Suite for Violin and Piano
BERNSTEIN West Side Story
