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

Back in the 2021 Warsaw Competition the 17-year-old Hao Rao’s freshness and enthusiasm held their own among his formidable colleagues in both the semi-final and final rounds. Fast forward to 2025, and ...

Since his last Schubert Club solo recital in 2006, Norway’s Leif Ove Andsnes has emerged as one of the 21st century’s premier pianists. So it’s no surprise that St. Paul’s Ordway Music Theater was ...

"Chopin's Piano: In Search of the Instrument That Transformed Music," by Paul Kildea. W.W. Norton, 368 pages. $27.95. Even those who are not musically inclined will find themselves reading this book ...

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

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

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.

Four Polish pianists are looking to make their mark as the 19th International Chopin Piano Competition enters its second ...

It is no coincidence that these two Chopin recitals arrive on each other’s heels. The prestigious Chopin International Piano Competition, held every five years, has just crowned its latest winner in ...

Jacky Zhang, a British pianist participating in this year's International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition, said after ...

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