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

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 ...

The International Chopin Piano Competition is entering its final round, with performances that attract millions of viewers.

From Etudes to Nocturnes – here’s the very best of Frédéric Chopin, 19th-century piano virtuoso and leading figure of the Romantic era. Frédéric Chopin is almost exclusively associated with the king ...

Internationally acclaimed pianist Jayson Gillham turns his artistry to Chopin’s Etudes: written to take pianists to the ...

Malaysian pianist Vincent Ong has done the nation proud once again, clinching fifth prize at the 19th International Chopin ...

Frederic Chopin was a Polish-born pianist and composer of matchless genius in the realm of keyboard music. As a pianist, his talents were beyond emulation and had an impact on other musicians entirely ...

THE PIANO was Chopin’s central musical inspiration — not just the sound of it but the feel of it. He loved certain keys, such as B major, just because they feel good under the hand. Often it’s an ...

I once asked Emanuel Ax how today’s young keyboard practitioners compared to those of his generation. ‘Everyone plays the piano so amazingly well these days,’ he replied, ‘as though there’s nothing ...

For two decades now, a certain important pretext has drawn photojournalist Wojciech Grzędziński away from the front line and ...