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

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.

Kevin Chen had just walked on stage for his final performance at the 19th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition on Monday night when his father walked out of Warsaw’s ornate Philharmonic ...

"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 ...

Because Stage 1’s repertoire requirements are relatively circumscribed, the same pieces turn up over and over again. On Sunday, no fewer than seven renditions of Chopin’s Third Ballade transpired. At ...

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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 ...

People pass by a poster advertising the 19th International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw. (AFP pic) Rehearsal time is over. The world’s best and most ambitious young pianists have descended on ...

The preservation of games has been a popular topic recently. Between the Stop Killing Games movement and the recent delisting of several titles from itch.io and Steam, gamers are noticing potential ...

SAUGERTIES, N.Y. — Former David Bowie bassist Gail Ann Dorsey is set to headline the inaugural “Rock the Quarry” music festival at Opus 40 on Saturday, Aug. 23, according to an announcement. The ...

Two days of live, free music are coming to Bethlehem! The Blast Furnace Blues Festival is back for its 15th year on Friday, July 18, and Saturday, July 19. Recently, on 69 News at Sunrise, we were ...