If you say you want a revolution, look no farther than pianist Andre Watts. Before he tackles Rachmaninoff's second piano concerto this hour, Watts plays snippets of that 1800s revolutionary composer, ...

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 ...

Frederic Chopin began composing his 27 piano etudes when he was 19 years old. They are technical exercises, systematically moving from one petrifying set of challenges to the next. Of course, when ...

It was May of 1829 and Frederic Chopin was 19 when he went to hear the great Niccolo Paganini perform his first concert in Warsaw. He was called "a wizard, " "the devil incarnate," "super-human," "a ...

Pianist Lim Yunchan swept the three most prestigious categories at the BBC Music Magazine Awards in London -- recording of the year, newcomer of the year and the instrumental award -- all for his ...

Concert pianist, Warren Mailley-Smith, recently became the first British pianist to perform the complete works of Chopin in one series of concerts, from memory. He continues his successful monthly ...