Chopin died in Paris, France, at the age of just 39. He’s one of Poland’s most famous sons, and his name adorns the airport serving the capital Warsaw, as well as parks, streets, benches and ...

True, Chopin did focus on piano compositions, yet he was the first one who could afford to do so. It was him who transformed the piano into an instrument of unheard of potential, extracting from it a ...

At twenty-one he moved to France, although echoes of the folklore of his beloved Poland remained evident in his prolific work. The Frédéric Chopin Institute in Warsaw has brought it together on ...

Practice your skills until perfection and become the master of the piano. The new versions of Chopin’s compositions are mostly enjoyable. (…) A particularly interesting highlight is Piano Sonata No 2 ...

Schumann often passed peculiar judgments on Chopin's compositions. The false - or rather undocumented - information about their contact is usually traced back to the vivid imagination of Ferdinand ...

The brief, moody number also bore an intriguing name, written at the top in cursive: “Chopin.” A previously unknown work of music penned by the European master Frederic Chopin appears to have ...

Hyperion Records will re-release Sir Stephen Hough’s complete Chopin Waltzes, now featuring Sir Stephen’s new recording of ...

Anna Skulska: How long have works been under way on the National Edition of the Works of Fryderyk Chopin? Jan Ekier: Chopin was always the most important part of my work, most of all as a pianist and ...

Classical pianist Brian Ganz, widely regarded as one of the leading pianists of his generation, will return to Strathmore with a program of rarely heard works by Fryderyk Chopin. The program ...

“Chopin’s art speaks to the highest aspirations of human creativity. Our aim is to share his legacy with both new audiences and existing music-lovers by presenting them with fresh, insightful ...