Frédéric Chopin wrote some of the most famous piano music ever, but where should you start? Our handy guide will show you what to listen out for and what to go for next. Chopin and the piano go ...

Chopin completed his Preludes Op 28 in 1838, during a visit to Majorca that ended up in disaster. In addition to bleak lodgings and no access to a decent piano, the bad weather aggravated Chopin’s ...

Among record collectors there are desert-island discs –the handful of discs you’d take to said isolated island. Now, Mikhail ...

For the Chopin Competition’s final round, each candidate is required to play one of the composer’s two piano concertos. Most finalists favour Concerto No 1 in E Minor over Concerto No 2 in F Minor for ...

How a Chopin piano competition helped me find joy in a dark world - FIRST PERSON: It’s called the Olympic Games of the piano – the Chopin Competition, which takes place every five years in Warsaw.

Music City isn't just the home of country music, but is also a hub for some of today's most talented and well-respected classical musicians and classically-trained performers. Surprisingly, though, ...

The title of this glorious concerto is another example of musical cataloguing triumphing over historical fact. Far from being Chopin’s first piano concerto, this is actually his second. It was ...