Stephen Aron is a world-renowned classical guitarist who founded Oberlin’s Classical Guitar program in 1992. He is a groundbreaking figure in the world of classical guitar recordings, publishing the ...

"It's my little secret, but it also helps me focus," Prokopowicz said, referring to the long moment of silence which preceded his performance in the second round of the competition. "I'm glad I had ...

Fliter and Chopin go together as naturally as Rolls and Royce or Marks and Spencer. Since 2008 and her early recordings for EMI she has won superlative reviews. After her sparky B minor Sonata and ...

"Mazurkas Op. 50" is Szymanowski's second such prominent attempt, after the "Preludes Op. 1", to invoke the great Chopin tradition. On this page we present two articles on Karol Szymanowski's Twenty ...

The young Korean pianist Klara Min's critically acclaimed CD of Chopin is John Brunning's Drive featured album from 20 May. With her new CD, the outstanding Korean pianist Klara Min surveys 17 of her ...

The upcoming semi-finals introduce Chopin’s two mature piano sonatas and his Preludes Op 28 into the competition’s repertoire mix, along with groupings of Mazurkas by opus number. If you’ve read my ...

Pianist Edward Auer has had a fine career, spanning more than 40 years now. He's always had a special place in his heart for Poland, and Poland's favorite musical son — Frederic Chopin. Auer won a ...

The mazurka, a traditional Polish dance, acts as a siren to Poles far and wide. Janina Fialkowska, born in Canada but half-Polish, says that in playing the mazurkas of Chopin she has been afforded “a ...

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 19-year-old pianist was born in the Israeli city of Netanya, where he spent the first four years of his life. His older sister was his first music teacher, and he began his formal music education ...