The last piano on which Frederic Chopin played and composed in Paris is being renovated by a U.S. expert who is giving it back its original mid-19th century characteristics. Paul McNulty is spending ...

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 ...

The first recording of Chopin’s last sonata is now a century old. Peter J Rabinowitz dives into a selection from the hundreds of versions that have appeared since to see how they compare ‘Deficient … ...

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 ...

Performances in N.Y.C. The International Chopin Piano Competition is entering its final round, with performances that attract millions of viewers. The International Chopin Piano Competition is ...

Twenty-seven-year-old Eric Lu won the International Frederic Chopin Piano Competition (ph) on Tuesday in Warsaw, Poland. It's the first time an American has taken top honors at the competition since ...

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 ...

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 – ...

WARSAW (Reuters) -American pianist Eric Lu won the top prize at the prestigious International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw on Tuesday. The decision came after hours of deliberations by a ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by In Warsaw, a 27-year-old pianist from Massachusetts beat out 180 competitors to win what some call the Olympics of the piano world. By Derrick Bryson ...

The final round of this year's contest will feature 11 participants: Piotr Alexewicz (Poland), Kevin Chen (Canada), David Khrikuli (Georgia), Shiori Kuwahara (Japan), Tianyou Li (China), Eric Lu ...

Eric Lu, a 27-year-old pianist from Massachusetts, won the International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition, becoming the first American since 1970 to receive the top honor in a contest regarded by ...