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Posted in All-Chopin Recitals Warsaw, Benjamain Grosvenor, Chopin Currency, English Chamber Orchestra, Piano Concertos, Warsaw on May 28th, 2008
Chopin News, Views, Previews, and Reviews:
Benjamin Grosvenor: Teenage Prodigy Comes of Age
Telegraph.co.uk – United Kingdom
An object lesson in how to nuture a burgeoning concert career… resulting in “a beguiling, stylish and richly rewarding performance of Chopin’s E …
Posted in Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, BBC Symphony, Chopin Currency, Ingrid Fliter, Piano Concertos, Waltzes on May 26th, 2008
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
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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 …
Posted in Brubeck Braid, cartoons, Chopin Currency, Claire Huangci, Edward Rebner, Gilmore Festival, J.S. Bach, Piano Concertos, Preludes, Rafał Blechacz, Richard Goode, Theodore Saidenberg, Woody Woodpecker on Apr 29th, 2008
Chopin Video of the Day:
Woody Woodpecker: “Musical Moments from Chopin“
Woody Woodpecker and Andy Panda give a piano performance for an audience of barnyard animals. Soundtrack is provided by the duo-piano team of (Thomas) Saidenberg & (Edward) Rebner…
Posted in Chopin Currency, Emanuel Ax, Etudes, Grace Nikae, Konstantin Lifschitz, Piano Concertos, Piano Sonata No. 3 on Apr 13th, 2008
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Wagner without the words
The Star-Ledger – NJ.com – Newark,NJ,USA
Emanuel Ax plays “a concerto by a composer who never wrote an opera but was deeply influenced by bel canto vocalism (Chopin’s Piano Concerto …
Posted in Byron Janis, Chopin Bicentennial, Chopin Currency, Evgenia Rubinova, Films, Ingrid Fliter, movies, Piano Concertos on Apr 11th, 2008
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Finale at the Wichita Symphony
The Wichita Eagle – Wichita,KS,USA3
Three-paragraph preview of Ingrid Fliter‘s appearance in Kansas:
1) Fliter won the Gilmore Artist Award in 2006, with its top prize of $300,000. The …
Posted in AmieStreet.com, Chopin Currency, Claire Huangci, Hugh Sung, Kosciuszko Foundation, Piano Concertos, Springfield (MA) Symphony on Apr 7th, 2008
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Preview of upcoming concerts by the Springfield (Mass) Symphony Orchestra, including an appearance by the 2006 the Kosciuszko Foundation Chopin Piano Competition winner…
Orchestral romance: On April 26, [Kevin] Rhodes
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Posted in Adam Neiman, André Laplante, Chopin Currency, Emanuel Ax, Gilmore Festival, Jeanie Darnell, Mazurkas, Michael Baron, Pauline Viardot, Piano Concertos, Piano Sonata No. 2 on Apr 5th, 2008
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André Laplante: Piano virtuoso and artist
Barre Montpelier Times Argus – Barre,VT,USA
Previewing his appearance in the Vermont capital, Quebec pianist shares his approach to Chopin:
André’s first point was that Chopin (1810-1849) was
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Posted in Chopin Currency, Emanuel Ax, Madison Symphony Orchestra, Piano Concertos on Mar 31st, 2008
Chopin News, Reviews, and Previews:
Pianist Emanuel Ax sparkles with the Madison Symphony Orchestra
Isthmus Daily Page – Madison,WI,USA
Madison reviewer likes the player, if not necessarily the repertoire…
For its March 28-30 concerts in Overture Hall, the Madison Symphony
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Posted in Aldeburgh Festival, Chopin Currency, Emanuel Ax, Etudes, Mieczyslaw Horszowski, Piano Concertos, Rami Khalifé on Mar 29th, 2008
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Horszowski: CASALS: Prelude; CHOPIN: Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor; Mazurka in B-flat Minor…
Audiophile Audition – USA
Review of a CD compendium of two recitals (in 1984 and 1987) given by the venerable …
Posted in Chopin Currency, Etudes, Joyce Yang, Marilyn Horne, Pauline Viardot, Piano Concertos on Mar 16th, 2008
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Chinese pianist hits all right notes in concert
Colorado Springs Gazette – Colorado Springs,CO,USA
Glowing review of pianist Joyce Yang‘s appearance with the Colorado Springs Philharmonic…
But it was her performance of Chopin’s Piano …
Posted in arrangements, Ballades, Cecile Licad, Chopin Currency, Evgenia Rubinova, Fantaisie-Impromptu, fiction, Heroic Polonaise, Kurikinton Fox, Lang Lang, Mazurkas, Piano Concertos, Yundi Li 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.
music is everything, everything is music – http://fluteguitar.multiply.com/ …
Posted in Chopin Currency, circus, Dance, Dmitri Tymoczko, Les 7 Doigts de la Main, mathematics, Oh Ah-Mi, Piano Concertos, Preludes, Waltzes on Mar 11th, 2008
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Cellist Oh Ah-mi’s Courageous Crossover
Korea Times – South Korea
The world’s first self-described “crossover cellist,” breaks conventions by adding dance moves to the still-standing cello performance. “I am inspired by Vanessa Mae’s passionate playing …
Posted in Alexander Tharaud, Artur Rodzinski, Chopin Currency, Etudes, Eun Joo Chung, Frederic Mompou, Hans Graf, Impromptu (movie), Lang Lang, Paul Badura-Skoda, Piano Concertos, Preludes, Vienna State Opera Orchestra on Mar 7th, 2008
Chopin News, Previews, Rants, and Reviews:
Yesterday we brought you two views of Yundi Li; today it’s the “other” superstar Chinese pianist’s turn. Mark Swed of the LA Times is both impressed and appalled:
Tuesday night, he
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Posted in Auckland Philharmonic, Chopin Currency, Christian Knapp, Etudes, Halo3, Mûza Rubackyté, Peter Jablonski, Piano Concertos, Raindrop Prelude, Simon Trpčeski, Thomas Pandolfi on Feb 25th, 2008
Chopin News, Reviews, and Previews:
Review: Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra at Auckland Town Hall
Lithuanian pianist Mûza Rubackyté getting some nice attention from the Kiwis: “The opening pages of Chopin’s E minor Piano Concerto can be worryingly stolid, but not on …
Posted in Alexander Kanchaveli, Artur Rubinstein, Ballades, Cédric Tiberghien, Chopin Currency, Markus Groh, Nocturnes, pattison piano, Piano Concertos, Royal Scottish National Orchestra on Feb 20th, 2008
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Ivan Hewett reviews Pierre-Laurent Aimard and Cédric Tiberghien at …
Telegraph.co.uk – United Kingdom
French pianist Cedric Tiberghein receives rave reviews for his Chopin Ballades at his recital at London’s Wigmore Hall; critic is less enamored …
Posted in Boris Konovavlov, Chopin Currency, Christian Zacharias, Emanuel Ax, Ingrid Fliter, Minnesota Orchestra, Orli Shaham, Piano Concertos, Piotr Anderszewski, Sasha Grynyuk, St. Paul CO, SymphonyCast, William Kapell on Feb 16th, 2008
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Pianist Boris Konovavlov will perform and discuss a special program, “The Unknown Chopin” in Yellowknife….
Northern News Services (subscription) – Yellowknife,Northwest Territories,Canada
“This time it will be some special event, because the …
Posted in Alain Lefèvre, Chopin Currency, Hershey Felder, Monsieur Chopin, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Pedja Muzijevic, Piano Concertos on Feb 15th, 2008
Chopin, News, Reviews, and Previews:
Oboe and piano
Barre Montpelier Times Argus – Barre,VT,USA
The program features works by Chopin, Donizetti, Liszt, and Schumann. Award-winning Gallant is one of the world’s few virtuoso solo and chamber music …
See …
Posted in Chopin Currency, In-Ae Ha, Lang Lang, Neeme Jarvi, New Jersey Symphony, Piano Concertos, Richard Schwin, Scherzos, technology, WUOL, Yundi Li on Feb 14th, 2008
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Finding the key Pianist marks 35 years of teaching
Waukegan News Sun – Waukegan,IL,USA
Frédéric Chopin wrote four scherzi for the piano. The first three are especially dark and dramatic. The composer Robert Schumann remarked …
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