Ralph Votapek

Ralph James Votapek (born 20 March 1939 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an American pianist notable for winning the First Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in 1962; the inaugural competition's First Place prize was $10,000. He is the Jury Chairman of the 2022 (EIGHTH) Cliburn International Amateur Piano Competition

From the age of nine, he studied music at the Wisconsin Conservatory in Mil… More