Though not the most imaginative take on the 21 nocturnes, the French pianist captures Chopin’s music as it was conceived on a superb-sounding 1836 Pleyel Chopin composed 21 nocturnes, 18 of which were ...

In Paris, far from his Polish homeland, Chopin gave his soul to the piano, creating for it music of unearthly beauty. Into the Nocturnes, he poured the greatest brightness of his genius. Chopin was ...

Remarkably, this is the only piece of Chopin solo piano music that has been a permanent fixture of the Classic FM Hall of Fame since its inception in 1996. As with the concertos, this particular ...

Chopin’s Nocturne No. 7, in C-sharp minor, begins with a low, ashen sound: a prowling arpeggio in the left hand, consisting only of C-sharps and G-sharps. It’s a hollowed-out harmony, in limbo between ...

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 ...

Jan Lisiecki is more than at home with the music of Frédéric Chopin, with recordings of his Études and Works for Piano and Orchestra released in 2013 and 2017 respectively. In this most recent release ...

FORT WORTH — Every so often a concert feels particularly special, one you’re grateful to be experiencing. That’s how it was with pianist Piers Lane’s recital Saturday night at Texas Christian ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by For this rising artist, Chopin’s 21 nocturnes are “pieces I play for myself.” A new recording will bring them to an audience. By J.S. Marcus The ...

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 ...

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, ...

An uneven fourth day, artistically speaking, but the highs were high, while the evening round ushered in a major discovery. More on that below. Having admired the elegant understatement of Chelsea Guo ...