NEW YORK (WKRC) - A waltz from one of history's most famous musicians has been discovered after 200 years. It is the first new piece from the composer that has been found since 1930. Robinson ...
Pianist Seong-Jin Cho became the first South Korean to win First Prize at the Warsaw International Chopin Competition in 2015. Following that award, he immediately recorded Chopin’s First Piano ...
American pianist Eric Lu returned to the 2025 Chopin Competition 10 years after taking fourth prize, a move that fits a ...
Before performing their first virtual recital for an ICU patient, Houston Symphony musicians receive a four-page document providing detailed guidance on repertoire selection. Prohibitions abound: no ...
Chopin’s music is a staple of the piano repertoire, studied earnestly by aspiring players and performed by almost every recitalist. It is rare, however, to encounter an all-Chopin program that ...
Chicago overflows with music soirees, but none quite like the Chopin in the City Festival. Though devoted to the music of Poland’s greatest composer, the event the stretches far beyond the exquisite ...
In Paris, far from his Polish homeland, Chopin gave his soul to the piano, creating for it music of unearthly beauty. Into the Nocturnes, he poured the greatest brightness of his genius. Chopin was ...
The flood of Chopin performances and recordings launched by the 200th anniversary of the composer’s birth shows no sign of abating. In the next few weeks Alexander Tharaud, Leon McCawley and Louis ...
CHOPIN: Sonata No. 2, Scherzo in B-flat minor, Ballade in A-flat major, et al. Jon Kimura Parker, pianist. Telarc CD-80147. If you’ve ever wondered why some veteran pianists take potshots at today’s ...
I recently encountered a new study that looked at the response of dogs to various types of music. This one, out of Colorado State University, was authored by a team headed by psychologist Lori Kogan.