Byron Janis, who has died aged 95, was an American virtuoso pianist with only nine working fingers whose performing career was cut short by arthritis; his greatest claim to fame, however, was ...

The celebrated pianist Byron Janis has always felt a special pull toward Chopin. As a child of about eight or nine he remembers breaking out in tears after playing a Chopin waltz, then asking his ...

For the first time in more than 90 years, a previously unknown waltz by a renowned 19th-century composer has been uncovered. Earlier this year, Robinson McClellan, a curator at The Morgan Library and ...

On the heels of the successful inaugural season of its Piano Series, the Friends of Chamber Music launched year two with the insightful, consummate musicianship of Richard Goode. Playing a full course ...

Chopin, who wrote mostly piano solos, died aged 39 in France in 1849. A new piece of music believed to be by the Polish composer Frederic Chopin has been discovered nearly 200 years after it was ...

A new piece of music believed to have been penned by Frédéric Chopin has been discovered in the vault of a New York museum nearly 200 years after it was written. The unknown waltz was found in the ...

A curator at a museum in New York City has discovered a previously unknown waltz written by Frédéric Chopin, the first time that a new piece of work by the Polish composer has been found in nearly 100 ...

She's also become a perennial favorite at Boettcher Concert Hall in Denver, where she made numerous appearances with the Colorado Symphony in recent seasons. During a recent visit to Colorado, she ...

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