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Posted in Chopin Currency on Jun 24th, 2008
Chopin News, Reviews, & Previews:
Flying bison and half a cup of coffee
Three out of four stars in this review in the UK Spectator of Michael Moran’s much-discussed new book A Country in the Moon: Travels in the Heart …
Posted in Chopin Academy Warsaw, Chopin Currency, Chopin's Heart, Cystic Fibrosis, diseases, Gold Country Piano Institute, Gwilyn Simcock on Jun 23rd, 2008
Chopin News, Reviews, and Previews:
In Poland, Chopin’s heart may hold secret of his death AFP –
“Leading Polish medical experts are betting that DNA tests on his heart — perfectly preserved in what appears to be cognac — could …
Posted in Billy Strayhorn, Chopin Currency, Jack Reilly, jazz, Piano Sonata No. 2, Videos on Jun 22nd, 2008
Chopin Videos:
Reilly, Chopin And Strayhorn
By Rifftides
From jazz journalist Doug Ramsey’s Rifftides blog on Artsjournal.com, a fascinating performance by jazz pianist Jack Reilly…
…That led to a search that turned up video of Reilly in a performance
Posted in Ashley Hsu, Chopin Currency, Chopin Foundation, Eternal Sonata, Joe Jackson, video games on Jun 21st, 2008
Chopin News, Reviews, and Previews:
Joe Jackson @ Bridgewater Hall
Manchester Evening News – Manchester,England,UK
Raves for a live show – and new CD – by the “musically literate former Angry Young Man…: “Rain captures all that singular brew …
Posted in rare & early works, Recordings, Uncategorized, Xiaofeng Wu on Jun 20th, 2008
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
Posted in Alexander Kobrin, Chopin Currency, Definitive Chopin, Jerome Robbins, New York City Ballet, Preludes, The Concert on Jun 11th, 2008
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Chopin News, Views, and Reviews:
A Comedic Ballet With Legs
Wall Street Journal – USA
WSJ critic marvels at the staying power of Jerome Robbins’ Chopinistic comedic creation….
…“Death,” one showbiz quip has it, “is easy; comedy is hard.” However
Posted in American Ballet Theatre, Chopin Currency, Dance, depression, Jerome Robbins, mental illness, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Rafael Vinoly on Jun 10th, 2008
Chopin News, Reviews, and Previews:
Rafael Viñoly’s Musical Refuge
New York Sun – United States
The world-famous concert-hall architect somehow finds time to practice, practice, practice…
The Uruguayan-born Mr. Viñoly is no mere collector. He is a bona fide musician …
Posted in Chistinia Thayer, Waltzes on Jun 10th, 2008
This delicate, haunting Waltz in another work that adds to the mystery and mastery of Chopin. This Waltz has long been a favorite of amateur pianists, as it’s one of the least difficult pieces of Chopin’s to play. Well, the …
Posted in Alan Furst, Chopin Currency, Dance, Definitive Chopin, fiction, Jerome Robbins, New York City Ballet, Spies of Warsaw on Jun 8th, 2008
Chopin News, Views, and Reviews:
‘The Spies of Warsaw’ by Alan Furst
Los Angeles Times – CA,USA
“Furst’s books are like Chopin’s nocturnes: timeless, transcendent, universal. One does not so much read them as fall under their spell and …
Posted in Chopin Currency, Dance, Definitive Chopin, Jerome Robbins, Preludes, Videos on Jun 6th, 2008
Robbins’s Definitive Chopin at the NYC Ballet
By nahnopenotquite
…The Jerome Robbins Celebration for the 2008 spring season at the New York City Ballet is on now. I saw a program last night called Definitive Chopin
Posted in Charles Alkan, Chopin Currency, Eugene d'Albert, Franz Liszt, Glasgow, Piers Lane, Preludes, The Chopin Manuscript on Jun 5th, 2008
Chopin News, Reviews, and Previews:
Preview: Playing a fugue of his favourite things
New Zealand Herald – New Zealand
Aussie pianist Piers Lane prepares to play a “friendly” in neighboring New Zealand…Chopin friends and colleagues Charles Alkan and Liszt, not …
Posted in carillon, Chopin Currency, City of Music, Eternal Sonata, Glasgow, Lou Reed, seattle, UNESCO on Jun 4th, 2008
Chopin News, Views, Reveiws and Previews:
Musical home of Chopin, Mendelssohn and Lou Reed? It’s Glasgow, of Course!
Times Online – UK
“Glasgow civic officials are in Paris on a mission to convince UNESCO that the city deserves …
Posted in Performances, Uncategorized on Jun 3rd, 2008
Posted in Chopin Currency, Cystic Fibrosis, diseases, Wojciech Cichy on Jun 3rd, 2008
Chopin CSI News:
Chopin did not die of TB
Polish Radio External Service – Poland
It was Cystic Fibrosis (not classified as a disease until 1932) that felled him, according to professor Wojciech Cichy of the Medical University in Poznan …
Posted in Audie Awards, ballet, Chopin Currency, Dance, Eternal Sonata, Jerome Robbins, Pacific Northwest Ballet, The Chopin Manuscript on Jun 2nd, 2008
Chopin News, Views, Reviews, and Previews:
‘Chopin Manuscript’ wins top Audie
Arizona Daily Star – Tucson,AZ,USA
And the winner is… The Audie Awards (the so-called “Oscars of the Audiobook Industry”) hand out the top prize to The Chopin Manuscript…
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