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Cliburn winner Vadym Kholodenko owes his piano success to his mother

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FORT WORTH, Texas - As young child growing up in Ukraine, Vadym Kholodenko wasn't interested in the piano. "I did not pay attention to the piano," Kholodenko said of the musical instrument that sat in his mother's home. "I just moved by it." Like most kids, Kholodenko just wanted to play outside - but his mother had other ideas. "She didn't want me to spend all my time running on the playground, so she decided to bring me to a music school," Kholodenko said, remembering that he started playing when he was about 5. "But after my first lesson, I was so inspired." Sunday night, Kholodenko was named the winner of the 14th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. "Wow. Really. Wow. I cannot...

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