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 American Ballet Theatre, Beethoven, Chopin Currency, Dance, Hershey Felder, Monsieur Chopin, Preludes, Prometheus Dance Company, Yundi Li on May 21st, 2008
Chopin News, Reviews, and Previews
Must male pianists be pin-ups?
guardian.co.uk – UK
Provocative column from Guardian blogger about “making glamourpusses out of pianists…” The readers think it’s more of a generation gap…
In the crisis-laden economy of classical music concerts, pianists today are often…
Posted in Chopin Competition, Chopin Currency, Grigory Sokolov, Krystian Zimerman, Lang Lang, Preludes, Yundi Li on Apr 18th, 2008
Chopin News, Reviews, and Previews:
When Fame Can’t Cross the Atlantic
New York Times – United States
Fascinating story (and review) of Russian pianist Grigory Sokolov, lionized in Europe; barely known in America….
Classical music is supposedly universal. Language may still be a cultural…
Posted in Awards, Chopin Academy Warsaw, Chopin Currency, Critics, Dave Brubeck, Garrick Ohlsson, John Lee Roberts, Piano Sonata No. 3, Poland, Yundi Li, jazz on Apr 9th, 2008
Chopin News, Reviews, and Previews:
Dave Brubeck wins medal for spreading jazz abroad
Reuters – USA
The legendary jazzman comes to Washington DC to be honored by the State Department – and to explain his connection to Chopin (including a visit to Poland…
Posted in Andante spianato et Grande Polonaise Brillante, Chopin Currency, Ghosts, Mazurkas, Savannah Music Festival, Supernatural, Xiayin Wang, Yu Kosuge, Yundi Li on Apr 3rd, 2008
Chopin News, Previews, and Reviews….
Answering Bach’s Call With Color and Stamina
New York Times – United States
Chinese pianist Xiayin Wang impresses at Carnegie’s Zankel Hall…
Even for the most gifted young pianist, it takes a lot to be noticed. Xiayin Wang, a doctoral…
Posted in Chopin Currency, The Pianist, Yundi Li, blogs, downloads, emo on Apr 1st, 2008
Chopin News, Reviews, and Previews:
Pianist Yundi Li makes his Miami debut
MiamiHerald.com – Miami,FL,USA
Preview of the April 1 debut by our headline-grabbing pianist, who discusses his continuing connection to Chopin afer wininning the Chopin competition in Warsaw…
Yet Chopin will make up…
Posted in Chopin Currency, Eternal Sonata, Etudes, Frederica von Stade, Louis Lortie, Marilyn Horne, Mazurkas, Pauline Viardot, Yundi Li, fashion on Mar 23rd, 2008
Today’s Yundi Li Installment:
Yundi Li, pianist
Financial Times – London,England,UK
From the Financial Times, Yundi Li shares his fashion faves:
I wore this today because it’s comfortable but tonight (in Hong Kong to accept the South China Morning Post and Harper’s Bazaar Style…
Posted in Ballades, Chopin Currency, Dixie State College, George Sand, Introduction and Polonaise Brillante, Lang Lang, Lowri Blake, Nancy Allred, WordStage Vermont, Yundi Li on Mar 22nd, 2008
Chopin & George Sand
Barre Montpelier Times Argus – Barre,VT,USA
A preview of a WordStage Vermont production of “Frédéric & George,” — “an evening of letters, diaries, and memoirs penned by these two paradoxically matched lovers and some of their intimate circle.”
“Mme. Sand, beware of…
Posted in Artur Rubinstein, Chopin Bar, Chopin Currency, George Sand, Jeremy Denk, Marilyn Horne, Murray Perahia, Pauline Viardot, Yundi Li, barcarolle on Mar 20th, 2008
Chopin News, Reviews, and Previews:
Opera’s elite celebrate music of Viardot
San Jose Mercury News – CA, USA
Another story on the Pauline Viardot stage show in San Francisco, with some fascinating insights from Marilyn Horne:
“She helped Wagner raise money for ‘Tristan und…
Posted in Brooke Waggoner, Chopin Currency, Pere-Lachaise Cemetery, Simon Trpčeski, Yundi Li on Mar 19th, 2008
Chopin News, Rants, Raves, and Reviews:
Two piano stars, but only one dazzles
Toronto Star – Ontario, Canada
No, it’s *not* Lang Lang; this time Yundi Li is being compared to “
Beneath the metallic glint of the Steinway was emptiness,…
Posted in Andante spianato et Grande Polonaise Brillante, Artur Rubinstein, Ben Agosto, Chopin Currency, Ice Dancing, Lang Lang, Mazurkas, Nocturnes, Tanith Belbin, Yundi Li, fiction, figure skating on Mar 18th, 2008
Chopin News, Reviews, and Previews:
Belbin, Agosto taking a classical approach
Boston Globe – United States
Chopin turns out to be the missing ingredient in the ice-dancing tandem’s Quest for Gold….
[Tanith] Belbin and [Ben] Agosto are the most successful dance team the US…
Posted in Chopin Currency, Etudes, Frederica von Stade, Lang Lang, Marilyn Horne, Pauline Viardot, Yundi Li on Mar 17th, 2008
Chopin News, Reviews, and Previews:
Lauded opera legend Viardot honored in tailor-made show
Examiner.com – USA
Rave review for theatrical/music program dedicated to Chopin amie Pauline Viardot (see previous entry):
Their combined brilliance is astounding. Two of America’s greatest living mezzos, Frederica von Stade and Marilyn…
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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Posted in Artur Rubinstein, Artur Rubinstein Piano Competition, Chopin Currency, Deep Purple, Dmitri Tymoczko, Konstanin Igumnov, Mazurkas, Preludes, Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, Yundi Li on Mar 13th, 2008
Chopin News, Reviews, and Previews:
Pianist’s intense preparation and talent have brought him global …
Schenectady Gazette – Schenectady,NY,USA
Another preview for the current recital tour of 2000 Chopin Competition winner Yundi Li, who’ll play Sunday March 16th at the acoustically-rich Troy (NY)…
Posted in Byron Janis, Chopin Currency, Eternal Sonata, Etudes, Nocturnes, Videos, Waltzes, Yundi Li on Mar 8th, 2008
Posted in Chopin Currency, Ivo Pogorelich, Yundi Li on Feb 24th, 2008
Chopin News, Reviews, & Previews:
RAVE review of video release of a 1987 recital in a castle in Turin, Italy, of “Croatian superstar at his peak,” with special praise for his Chopin performances: “Pogorelich opens with Chopin’s moody,…
Posted in Allie Hughes, Chopin Currency, Click for Lessons, Diana Fanning, Nocturnes, Ryan Stewart, Scherzos, Yundi Li on Feb 22nd, 2008
Chopin News, Reviews, & Previews:
Well-traveled Middlebury-based pianist offers a recital in the Vermont state capital with an emphasis on Chopin: “I have chosen pieces that I have loved for years, and I think they illustrate different aspects of…
Posted in Chopin Currency, In-Ae Ha, Lang Lang, Neeme Jarvi, New Jersey Symphony, Piano Concertos, Richard Schwin, Scherzos, WUOL, Yundi Li, technology on Feb 14th, 2008
Chopin News, Reviews, & Previews:
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 of them, …
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Posted in Chopin Currency, David Jalbert, EMI Classics, Ingrid Fliter, Rafał Blechacz, Yundi Li on Feb 7th, 2008
Chopin news & reviews:
Nosowska nominated for Polish ‘Grammy’
Thenews.pl – Warsaw,Poland
The nominees in the classical music categories include Rafał Blechacz, the winner of the 2005 Chopin International Competition (for a Deutsche Grammophon CD …
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Posted in Artur Rubinstein, Ballades, Chopin Currency, Impromptus, Jeanne Stark-Iochmans, Nocturnes, Waltzes, Yundi Li on Jan 28th, 2008
Chopin News, Reviews, and Previews
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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