Opinions expressed by Digital Journal contributors are their own. Seulki Susie Yoo, DMA, is an internationally recognized pianist, whose interpretation is distinct in Romanticism music in the 19th ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. When Yunchan Lim took first prize in the Van Cliburn Competition in 2022 he was the youngest ever winner at ...

Every great pianist learns the Chopin etudes and many pianists venture to play a few of them in public. But it is the rare keyboard athlete who dares to play them all in one sitting and before a live ...

Ever since Yunchan Lim became the youngest-ever winner of the Van Cliburn Gold Medal in June 2022, the piano grapevine has been buzzing with news of his prowess. Audiences in Fort Worth were blown ...

Nor could jury members avoid reckoning with Kevin Chen’s freakish virtuosity in the Chopin Etudes Op. 10, musical considerations aside. Although I don’t find Miyu Shindo’s artistry particularly ...

Individually and collectively, the Chopin etudes represent a formidable mountain that several famous pianists have refrained from climbing. In his new Grammy-nominated album of the Opp. 10 and 25, ...

Chopin’s ‘Waterfall’ Étude? Talk about jumping in at the deep end... “What Happens When I Play Chopin’s ‘Waterfall’ in the Water?” this musician asked himself one day, as lockdown began to take its ...

Internationally acclaimed pianist Jayson Gillham turns his artistry to Chopin’s Etudes: written to take pianists to the ...

The International Chopin Piano Competition is entering its final round, with performances that attract millions of viewers.