Since his last Schubert Club solo recital in 2006, Norway’s Leif Ove Andsnes has emerged as one of the 21st century’s premier pianists. So it’s no surprise that St. Paul’s Ordway Music Theater was ...
Pianist Rafal Blechacz's victory at the 2005 International Chopin Competition in Warsaw (the first Polish performer to take the prize in 30 years) aroused plenty of interest in this young virtuoso.
This is one of Chopin's most mournful works has lived long in the memory thanks to Jack Nicholson, or all people. When you think of Chopin, you don't necessarily think of incurable sadness and ...
The pianist couldn’t hold back tears as she played one of the world’s most moving pieces of music. A 24-year-old Japanese pianist was moved to tears during her own performance of Frédéric Chopin’s ...
Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849), whose 200th anniversary it is this year, is the overwhelming favorite composer for the piano. He possessed the most subtle intuitions and fathomed the mysteries of the ...