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, ...

If you say you want a revolution, look no farther than pianist Andre Watts. Before he tackles Rachmaninoff's second piano concerto this hour, Watts plays snippets of that 1800s revolutionary composer, ...

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 ...

Chopin’s etudes are a kind of finishing school for pianists. Learning to play them at all gives a performer technique enough to handle most difficulties; learning to play them well leaves one with a ...

Concert pianist, Warren Mailley-Smith, recently became the first British pianist to perform the complete works of Chopin in one series of concerts, from memory. He continues his successful monthly ...

Frederic Chopin began composing his 27 piano etudes when he was 19 years old. They are technical exercises, systematically moving from one petrifying set of challenges to the next. Of course, when ...

Frédéric Chopin. Etudes opus 10, Ballades. (Zig-Zag Territoires/Musicora) On est toujours un peu sceptique quand un jeune pianiste se mesure à des cimes comme les Etudes opus 10 ou les Ballades de ...

Frédéric CHOPIN - Nocturne opus 48 n°1 en do mineur. Maria Joao Pires. DG 447 096 2. Franz LISZT - Deux premiers mouvements du Concerto n°2 en la majeur. Boris Berezovsky et Philharmonia Orchestra ...