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 ...

“I only got two hours of sleep,” said pianist Eric Lu, the winner of the competition, arriving at the interview venue. Dressed in black and moving with quiet elegance, the pianist showed no signs of ...

The first of three prize-winners’ concerts took place in the historic Moniuszko Auditorium of the Teatr Wielki. It began with an hour-long awards ceremony, followed by a first intermission. After the ...

Chinese pianist Wang Zitong, 26, takes third place at the 19th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw on Tuesday, along with the Krystian Zimerman Award for the best performance of ...

For lovers of fine piano playing, little can match the events of the past two weeks, especially if one happens to be Canadian. First, there was the International Chopin Competition, won last time by a ...

The auditions for the 19th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition began on 3 October, 2025. Eleven of the highest-rated pianists performed in the Finals. Accompanied by the Warsaw ...

During the concert, held in the National Philharmonic's main hall, audiences will hear selected works by Fryderyk Chopin performed by the 2025 competition prizewinners, featuring pieces they presented ...

Twenty-seven-year-old Eric Lu won the International Frederic Chopin Piano Competition (ph) on Tuesday in Warsaw, Poland. It's the first time an American has taken top honors at the competition since ...

American pianist Eric Lu — chosen by a jury chaired by Garrick Ohlsson — was announced as the winner of the 19th edition of the prestigious competition. As Laskowski noted, the announcement of the ...