A piece included in the recital program of Alexandre Kantorow, who will be visiting Japan in November.From Alkan's '25 ...

Experience the emotional depth and technical brilliance of Chopin's Fantaisie Impromptu in this video. Enjoy the intricate ...

“Soyez heureuse” (“Be happy”). Frederic Chopin’s words are written in Maria Wodzinska’s album. They sit under a handwritten transcription of his E-flat-major Nocturne’s opening melody. Like his music, ...

Emanuel Ax could easily have celebrated the joint 200th anniversaries of Chopin and Schumann with a series of solo piano recitals. Instead, in three programs at Carnegie Hall, he tried something ...

I remember where I was, what I was eating and what I was reading the first time I heard Chopin’s Nocturne in C Minor, Op 48 No. 1. It was the early 1990s. Simply Red, Kylie and PM Dawn dominated the ...

From Bach’s sacred architecture to Debussy’s shimmering dreamscapes, these 21 masterpieces trace the piano’s evolution: a ...

Well not quite, but the museum dedicated to him soon will be. The National Frédéric Chopin Institute in Warsaw has undergone a makeover and is ready to welcome visitors to its latest exhibition. The ...

There are few composers who are quite as legendary as Frédéric Chopin. In fact, Chopin composed his first concerto at age 6 and performed live for the first time at age 8. Chopin’s compositions, ...

Three years ago, Warren Mailley-Smith became the first British pianist to memorise Chopin’s complete works for solo piano, for one concert series. Here’s how he did it. These add up to a beautiful – ...

No sooner had Bruce Liu been awarded first prize at the 18th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition, than Deutsche Grammophon, the world's most prestigious classical music label, announced it ...