For a test of artistry, courage and endurance, together with an obsessive focus on one composer, there is nothing quite like ...

Whatever the weather brings us, there are fine things to sample indoors in the weeks before the holiday season ...

Young pianists of Asian descent delivered outstanding performances at the 19th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano ...

Gramophone is a Media Partner of the 19th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition. You can follow the competition by watching the live stream at chopincompetition.pl - and visit us every day ...

Gramophone is a Media Partner of the 19th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition. You can follow the competition by watching the live stream at chopincompetition.pl - and visit us every day ...

Japanese pianist Tomoharu Ushida inaugurated the third and final day of auditions of the third stage of the Chopin Competition on Thursday. After his performance, he said he had tried to portray ...

Forty pianists, including four Poles, have advanced to the second stage of the 19th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition following a decision of the jury chaired by Garrick Ohlsson.

Internationally acclaimed Polish pianist Rafał Blechacz has received the Gold Gloria Artis Medal for Cultural Merit from the ...

Classical music isn’t usually thought of as a spectator sport, but sometimes it comes close. That’s because it has its share of immense, global competitions every several years, like the World Cup or ...

Musicologist Iza Smelczyńska and music critic Filip Lech weigh interpretation against performance and learn the truth about gambling the hard way.

This follow-up to the pianist’s hit 2019 record features a diverse set ranging from Mozart and Chopin to themes from films ...

In the late 1920s, sound film began to dominate the film industry. The convention of live musicians accompanying silent film ...