Kevin Chen, a 20-year-old pianist from Calgary, has finished second at the 19th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw while American Eric Lu went home with the gold. Chen was one ...
"His music is widely known. Playing Chopin at a Chopin competition is always both a challenge and a risk. All the participants are performing only Chopin, which in itself is quite unique," Chen ...
Internationally acclaimed Australian-British pianist Jayson Gillham turns his artistry to the Etudes of Chopin: music written to take pianists to the extremes of virtuosity while enchanting listeners ...
Talking to reporters she said that she felt tired but also excited to be performing on the National Philharmonic stage again. Asked how she felt about being one of the eight women who qualified for ...
Before I embark on my marathon reporting from the trenches during Stage 1 at the 19th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition, I’m laying down one ground rule: no predictions. Instead, I’ll ...
All four winners of this year’s ninth Chopin Piano Competition for Children and Youth in Egypt embarked on a six-day trip to Poland, exploring four different cities from 5 to 10 September. The only ...
The Chopin Competition is approaching its centenary with a renewed commitment to evolving with the times and staying true to its ideals In 1924 Poland sent a team to the Olympic Games for the first ...
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