The Piano Music of Fryderyk Chopin – from the Studio of Arthur Greene
Posted in Impromptus, Noel McRobbie, Performances on Jul 20th, 2008
For years one of the knocks on Chopin’s music is that he was a “ladies’ composer,” spinning out his piano pieces for the sighing, swooning denizens of Parisan salons, the result being that his remarkable compositions were often trivialized or…
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
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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 Impromptus, Olga Kleiankina, Recordings, classical, piano on Feb 23rd, 2008
Today the Chopin Project spotlight falls on Russian-born Michigan pianist Olga Kleiankina, performing the First Impromptu (in A-flat, Op. 29, No. 1) by Chopin. By its very title “Impromptu” is supposed to mean just that — just a perky, playful little…
Posted in Ballades, Catherine McKay, Charles Foreman, Chopin Currency, Garrick Ohlsson, Hugh Grant, Impromptus, Nocturnes, Omar Soffan on Feb 11th, 2008
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Restoring Luster to Two 20th-Century Dance Legends
New York Times – United States
These mazurkas are danced to Chopin; Limón choreographed them after his company had enjoyed huge success in Poland, where he had visited the home of…
Posted in Artur Rubinstein, Ballades, Chopin Currency, Impromptus, Jeanne Stark-Iochmans, Nocturnes, Waltzes, Yundi Li on Jan 28th, 2008
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Stark-Iochmans: No flash, but a workmanlike effort
Providence Journal – Providence,RI,USA
Stark-Iochmans turned to Chopin to close out the afternoon, the composer’s Fourth Ballade in F Minor. Again this contained some beautiful playing, …
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