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The Chopin Competition is an astonishing feat of athleticism showcasing the finest piano players in the world Ivan Hewett is The Telegraph’s Classical Music Critic and an author whose works include ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Pick Performing with the New York Philharmonic and Kazuki Yamada, Lim played Chopin’s F minor Concerto with imperturbable calm and eloquence.

Argentinian pianist Ingrid Fliter and German conductor Jun Märkl, working with an orchestra that's rather smaller than the norm for this repertoire, are at one in taking a lighter than usual approach ...

Japanese pianist Hayato Sumino performs on the stage of the Chamber Hall of the Warsaw Philharmonic. Photo: © Darek Golik, NIFC This October, renowned Japanese ...

Frédéric Chopin wrote some of the most famous piano music ever, but where should you start? Our handy guide will show you what to listen out for and what to go for next. Chopin and the piano go ...

I remember where I was, what I was eating and what I was reading the first time I heard Chopin’s Nocturne in C Minor, Op 48 No. 1. It was the early 1990s. Simply Red, Kylie and PM Dawn dominated the ...

Though not the most imaginative take on the 21 nocturnes, the French pianist captures Chopin’s music as it was conceived on a superb-sounding 1836 Pleyel Chopin composed 21 nocturnes, 18 of which were ...

Rafal Blechacz (piano) Royal Concertgebouw/Jerzy Semkow Deutsche Grammophon 477 8088 *** Polish pianist Rafal Blechacz, winner of the 2005 Chopin Competition in Warsaw, here tackles Chopin's two piano ...