Ivan Bessonov impressed classical fans the world over in 2018 when his performance of Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1, 3rd movement secured him first prize at the Eurovision Young Musicians ...

Lisiecki has been exciting both Canadian and international audiences since the age of nine. Twelve years later, the pianist has amassed a wealth of recognition and honours — including playing for ...

8 February: CD of the Week is Jonathan Plowright's new release, Hommage à Chopin. This new release from British pianist Jonathan Plowright, in Chopin's bicentennial year, features music inspired by ...

Perhaps no rock corpus has been pored over more — remixed, re-mastered, repackaged — than that of Jimi Hendrix. Fans thought the last burst of unreleased material came with 2000’s “Jimi Hendrix ...

ARGENTINIAN pianist Nelson Goerner is particularly associated with the music of Chopin: he was a multiple prizewinner with his Chopin recordings. You can hear why in his latest CD, where he delivers a ...

31 August: CD of the Week is pianist Lise de la Salle's Chopin disc, not released until 13th September. Chopin was, without doubt, a child prodigy. At the age of seven he'd composed his first ...

Pianist Rafal Blechacz's victory at the 2005 International Chopin Competition in Warsaw (the first Polish performer to take the prize in 30 years) aroused plenty of interest in this young virtuoso.

From wistful Waltzes and sensual Nocturnes to fiery Sonatas, what's not to love about Chopin? Perhaps even more than the works of Bach and Mozart, Chopin's music is almost universally admired — by ...

Although you wouldn't know it from musical programming around here, 2010 marks the bicentenary of both Frédéric Chopin and Robert Schumann. Even the record industry hasn't paid much attention to ...