How did Chopin's three sets of Études become one of the piano repertoire's most enduring and defining works? Find out with our handy guide… Chopin's reputation for piano composition is pretty ...

‘The first final stretch’ sounds like an oxymoron worthy of the American baseball legend Yogi Berra (‘It’s so crowded nobody goes there anymore’, ‘the future ain’t what it used to be’, etc.). But ...

Pianist, teacher and author David Dubal hosts a weekly exploration of classical music's piano greats.

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Yunchan Lim’s collection of Chopin piano études, a new recording of Terry Riley’s “In C” and works by Marc-André Hamelin are among the highlights.

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 ...

The beauty of Chopin's music, rare and unique, verges - one is tempted to say - on a miracle. Since this opinion runs somewhat counter to the fixed, common ideas about greatness in music, it has often ...

From a concert by Russian pianist Andrei Gavrilov, two short pieces. First, Gavrilov plays a short Sonata in D-minor by Scarlatti, followed by an Etude in E-flat by Chopin. Gavrilov is in concert in ...

Preparing today’s Chopin Talk segment prevented me from hearing this morning’s first five participants in real time, although I managed to catch the rest in person. I’m grateful to The Chopin ...

As part of the Chopin Experience an uninterrupted sequence of both his Op.10 and Op.25 sets of Études was broadcast. Each Étude was performed by a different pianist, and details of the performers are ...