For those unfamiliar, the Chopin Competition, held once every five years, is one of the most prestigious and demanding ...

For two decades now, a certain important pretext has drawn photojournalist Wojciech Grzędziński away from the front line and ...

Let’s begin with Op 49 Fantasy’s march-like episode in E flat major: 25-year-old Shushi Kyomasu’ s steady discourse evoked muted brass in the left hand and singing strings in the right on the Yamaha ...

The 2025 Warsaw jury chairman Garrick Ohlsson turned me on to Kate Liu’s heavenly performance of the Nocturne in B major, Op 62 No 1. What long lines, what concentration, what focus, and all seemingly ...

‘We are not just looking for a pianist, but a true artist.’ Qualifying rounds for the 19th International Fryderyk Chopin ...

This year marks the 10th anniversary of pianist Cho Seong-jin, 31, winning the Chopin Competition in Poland. Ten years is enough time to change even the landscape. According to the results of the ...

Twenty pianists from eight countries, including three from Poland, have advanced to the third stage of this year's ...

A 24-year-old Japanese pianist was moved to tears during her own performance of Frédéric Chopin ’s Prelude, Op.28, No.15, ...

Chinese pianist Yifan Wu, who advanced on Sunday to the third stage of the 19th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano ...

Rehearsal time is over. The world's best and most ambitious young pianists have descended on Warsaw for the Frederic Chopin ...

Filip Lech, Culture.pl’s music journalist and editor, and Iza Smelczyńska, musicologist and improviser, discuss the first round of the Chopin Competition.