The idea of writing a work of concert music with an introduction had been born before Chopin left Warsaw. He started from the Polonaise, leaving the introduction till later, and commented jokingly on ...

From Etudes to Nocturnes – here’s the very best of Frédéric Chopin, 19th-century piano virtuoso and leading figure of the Romantic era. Frédéric Chopin is almost exclusively associated with the king ...

York Zhou performs Nocturne in E-flat major, Op. 9, No. 2 by Frédéric Chopin. Meet the April Student Musician of the Month: Pianist York Zhou attends Union Vale Middle School in Dutchess County. He ...

Chopin’s Nocturne No. 7, in C-sharp minor, begins with a low, ashen sound: a prowling arpeggio in the left hand, consisting only of C-sharps and G-sharps. It’s a hollowed-out harmony, in limbo between ...

A note-by-note documentation of the struggles in playing a gorgeous Nocturne... This is all VERY relatable. In a moment of brilliant inspiration, pianist Raymond Feng thought it a great idea to link ...

More Chopin? The bicentenary year has opened up the floodgates of Chopin recordings, but this one highlights the poetic sensibility of the French-Canadian pianist Louis Lortie. It is the first volume ...

Our April 2019 Classical Student Musician of the Month is pianist York Zhou. Meet the April Student Musician of the Month: Pianist York Zhou attends Union Vale Middle School in Dutchess County. He ...