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Alain Kohler, a Swiss physicist and Chopin specialist, found a new photograph that most likely depicts Fryderyk Chopin. The Polish Institute in Paris has just informed the public about the discovery.
Pianist Barbara Nissman returns to Carnegie Hall on Saturday, May 17, at 7 p.m., for “Chopin, the Beautiful," the final ...
The International Chopin Piano competition is known for its incredible power to turn unknown prodigies into pianists of global standing. Other than the actual prize, these young artists win a schedule ...
When you consider that any professional pianist today would hope to have a minimum of 30 engagements a year - and a busy one perhaps more than 100 - it comes as something of a surprise to learn that ...
He spat out bowls of blood, overused opium, and was constantly sleep-deprived. What ailed Fryderyk Chopin? Poland’s most famous composer had been prone to sickness since childhood. He was ...
Publications about Chopin continue to spread rumors of his acquaintance with Robert Schumann. Some write about a close friendship, citing no supporting facts; others reference a lively correspondence, ...
Few composers command such universal love as Chopin; even fewer still have such a high proportion of their entire output remaining in the active repertoire. He’s the only great composer whose every ...
The music of Poland’s eminent Romantic composer and virtuoso pianist Fryderyk Chopin inspired a great many things. Instead of the obvious, like biographical films, here Culture.pl looks at seven ...
Explore Chopin’s musical evolution from Poland to Paris with Scott Yoo and pianist Jan Lisiecki. Follow Scott Yoo and pianist Jan Lisiecki as they explore Chopin’s life, his Polish roots ...
Chopin and the Prelude The elements of music to consider Continuation of the elements of music to consider Performing and composing ideas ...
But the main attraction was the rare opportunity to experience Frédéric Chopin’s “24 Preludes,” arguably the romantic era’s consummate musical short story collection. And Andsnes made ...