Van Cliburn International Piano Competition: Premium Piano Music & Performances | Perfect for Classical Music Lovers & Piano Enthusiasts

It is great to be the first in reviewing this wonderful documentary on DVD. First it should be mentioned that all the Van Cliburn Piano Competition DVDs are absolutely great, very emotional, inspirational, beautifully made and fantastic to watch.I would like to say that the documentaries from the Seventh and Twelfth ("In the Heart of Music") Van Cliburn Piano Competition are both very good indeed and worth watching but the ones from the Eighth ("Here to Make Music"), Ninth ("Life in Music"), Tenth ("Playing with Fire"), and Eleventh ("Playing on the Edge") are better, this is just my personal opinion.About this particular programme from the Eighth Van Cliburn Piano Competition that took place in 1989 in Fort Worth Texas, I would like to say that it is simply superb, it is interesting to say that this documentary won an Emmy Award to "Outstanding Directing in Classical Music" and a DGA Award to "Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary", the film was made by the renown Peter Rosen and is a pure joy to watch from beginning to end making you feel part of this exceptional programme.If you are involved with the piano or just love it this DVD is a must-have, start here, after watching this one you will be totally and deeply engaged, and I have no doubt that you will not want to miss the other Van Cliburn Piano Competition releases, and that you will follow this wonderful competition in the years to come, the next one will be in 2009 (last one was in 2005).Lastly I would like to especially mention the great Alexei Sultanov who deservedly won the first prize with only 19 years-old being the youngest winner ever, his performances were absolutely superb, it was like the piano was actually singing all the time, and his technic, concentration, musicality and expressiveness were outstanding and a delight to watch, this exceptional programme is a special tribute to this unbelievably great young talent, Alexei Sultanov.