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 ...

Three years ago, Warren Mailley-Smith became the first British pianist to memorise Chopin’s complete works for solo piano, for one concert series. Here’s how he did it. These add up to a beautiful – ...

In this 13-part series, pianist, teacher and author David Dubal explores the way the giants of the 19th century wrote for the solo piano. Each one-hour program will focus on a single composer, from ...

Chopin completed his Preludes Op 28 in 1838, during a visit to Majorca that ended up in disaster. In addition to bleak lodgings and no access to a decent piano, the bad weather aggravated Chopin’s ...

With a program of Beethoven sonatas and Chopin piano solos, Kevin Moore won the hearts of his audience at Liverpool First United Methodist church Jan. 24. He performed as part of Joyful Noise: Concert ...

The two concertos were the first works of significance composed by Chopin after graduation. Both clearly refer to the form and convention of concertos created in the brillant style, the style of piano ...

Judging from the 18th Chopin Competition’s list of finalists, it appears that the jury is not looking for a particular ‘type’ of competitor. Indeed, the 12 candidates who progressed to the final cover ...

First-stage auditions continued on the third day of the 19th International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw, with seventeen contestants performing their recitals consisting of an etude, a nocturne, ...

The 13th annual Chopin International Piano Competition in Hartford returns live to the Asylum Hill Congregational Church March 9 to 13, with dozens of pianists competing for thousands of dollars in ...

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 ...