The Piano Music of Fryderyk Chopin – from the Studio of Arthur Greene
Posted in Chopin Currency, Fantaisie-Impromptu, Maurizio Pollini, Revolutionary Etude, Ringtones, Scherzos, Yundi Li on Jun 12th, 2008
Chopin News, Views, and Reviews:
Maurizio Pollini: when inspiration flows through to the third encore
Telegraph.co.uk – United Kingdom
London critic finds the essence of the Italian artist’s mastery in a brief Chopin etude:
When everything clicks in a Maurizio Pollini recital, as it did…
Posted in Burma, Chopin Currency, Disaster Relief, Fantaisie-Impromptu, Nocturnes, PSAs on May 16th, 2008
Chopin Videos:
The Film – “None of Us Are Free”
How “current” is Chopin? Look no further for powerful testimony than from this current PSA produced on commission from MTV networks to raise awareness for disaster relief in Myanmar (a/k/a Burma). First,…
Posted in Aaron Jay Kernis, Chopin Currency, Fantaisie-Impromptu, Frederic Chopin Society (Minnesota), Mihaela Ursuleasa, Neil Sedaka, Rafał Blechacz, Vancouver Chopin Society on May 6th, 2008
Chopin Video of the Day: Neil Sedaka Plays Chopin, c. 1965
The crooner shows off his classical chops by playing the Fantaisie-Impromptu after stumping the panel on the game show I’ve Got A Secret…
Chopin News, Reviews, and Previews:
Posted in Alexander Korsantia, American Ballet Theatre, Artur Rubinstein Piano Competition, Chekhov, Chopin Currency, Fantaisie-Impromptu, Freddy Kempf, Jerusalem Symphony, Olesia Shewchuk, Piano Concertos, plays on May 2nd, 2008
Chopin News, Reviews, and Previews:
From Georgia with love
Jerusalem Post – Israel
Georgian Pianist Alexander Korsantia prepares to play a concert with the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, whose home venue of Henry Crown Hall just happens to be located on 5 Chopin Street…
I…
Posted in Alex Kobrin, Ballades, Chopin Currency, Dang Thai Son, Fantaisie-Impromptu, Gilmore Festival, Impromptu (movie), Impromptus, Ingrid Fliter, Nocturnes, Richard Goode on Apr 22nd, 2008
Chopin News, Reviews, and Previews:
Pianist Born to the Colors of Chopin
New York Times – United States
Veteran New York Times critic Bernard Holland isn’t thrilled about Ingrid Fliter’s Beethoven and Schubert, but is charmed by her Chopin:
The Ingrid Fliter who appeared…
Posted in Chopin Currency, Emanuel Ax, Etudes, Fantaisie-Impromptu, Forever (movie), Gilmore Festival, Konstantin Lifschitz, Marjorie Vincent, Miss America, Naomi Kudo, Pere-Lachaise Cemetery, Sa Chen, Warsaw on Apr 4th, 2008
Chopin News, Reviews, and Previews:
ISO hands pianist Chen the keys to Chopin piece
Springfield State Journal Register – Springfield,IL,USA
Preview of Illinois Symphony Orchestra performance featuring Chinese pianist (and “Crystal Award” winner (3rd prize) at the 2005 Van Cliburn Competition) Sa Chen:
With the ISO, she…
Posted in Chopin Currency, Fantaisie-Impromptu, Mao Asada, Marian McPartland, figure skating on Mar 21st, 2008
Chopin News, Reviews, and Previews:
At 90, ‘Piano Jazz’ personality going strong
Roanoke Times – Roanoke,VA,USA
Ageless pianist, author, and radio host Marian McPartland celebrates her 90th birthday, in grand style at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York. She looks back on a…
Posted in Ballades, Cecile Licad, Chopin Currency, Evgenia Rubinova, Fantaisie-Impromptu, Heroic Polonaise, Kurikinton Fox, Lang Lang, Mazurkas, Piano Concertos, Yundi Li, arrangements, fiction on Mar 15th, 2008
Chopin Video of the Day:
Kurikinton Fox – F.Chopin – fantasy impromptu in Guitar!!!
Not bad at all!
This is Fantasy Impromptu AKA Gino’s piece. These guys did this in g-tar…Amazing:D.
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Chopin News, Reviews, and Previews:
Posted in Andrezj Panufnik, Chopin Currency, Chopin Memorial, Fantaisie-Impromptu, Hee Ah Lee, Lim Dong-hyek, Piano Sonata No. 2, Simon Trpčeski on Feb 19th, 2008
Chopin News, Reviews, & Previews:
Pianist Lim Dong-hyek Emerges From Slump With Bach
Hearing Bach’s Goldberg Variations used in a computer game prompts 23-year old Korean star (studying at Juilliard) to break out of artistic doldrums. Known as an interpreter of Chopin,…
Chopin 2010: Chopin in the News
