Posted in Chopin Currency on Aug 28th, 2008
Chopin News, Reviews, and Previews:

Broadway World – New York,NY,USA
The charismatic Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Music Director lands a prestigious guest-conducting slot in the Big Apple, with a Chopin wunderkind in tow……
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Posted in Chopin Currency on Aug 27th, 2008
Chopin in the Gaming World:
The Chopin-inspired video game Eternal Sonata gets its own movie trailer in Japan (we think)…

Chopin in the Blogosphere:
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Chopin Project Artistic Director Arthur Greene calls Chopin’s last nocturne a curious, but moving, work:
“It is rarely played. Its absolute simplicity of texture may lead performers to experiment with ornamentation, but I believe that it is an expression of
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Posted in Chopin Currency on Aug 25th, 2008
Chopin in the News:
Thenews.pl – Warsaw,Poland
Thin skin in Polish politics, and Chopin supplies the soundtrack…
Opposition politicians are outraged at a TV commercial, complaining that a bank manager character is clearly an attack …
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Posted in Chopin Currency on Aug 15th, 2008
Chopin News, Reviews, and Previews:
Musical Criticism – London,UK
High words of praise for a remastered and reissued series of Martha Argerich’s original sides for DG – presented in chronological order, dating back to …
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Posted in Chopin Currency on Aug 12th, 2008
Chopin on the Web:
http://www.songpond.com/songs/funeral-march
From a new site called Songpond (“where you learn to play your favorite songs”), they invite you to subscribe and learn to play a Chopin favorite via …
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Posted in Chopin Currency on Aug 11th, 2008
Chopin News, Reviews, and Previews:
Another Round of Nielsen and a Hunt Lieberson Encore
New York Times – United States
A roundup of reviews by Times music critics includes a glowing account of pianist Alexander Tharaud‘s unique and dynamic …
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Posted in Chopin Currency on Aug 10th, 2008
Chopin News, Reviews, Healings, and Feelings:
Calcutta Telegraph – Calcutta,India
A very different kind of recital review from Calcutta, that connects Chopin with ’70s crooner Morris Albert: “When singing in public from little slips of paper …
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Posted in Chopin Currency on Aug 9th, 2008
Chopin News, Reviews, and Passing Asides:
New York Times – United States
New York Times magazine Q & A with author Amy Tan, prompted by her first foray into opera — Tan wrote wrote the libretto …
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Posted in Chopin Currency on Aug 8th, 2008
Chopin News, Reviews, and Previews:

Fresno Bee (subscription) – Fresno,CA,USA
Reissue on Brilliant Classics of Evgeny Kissin’s early Russian recordings get mixed reviews, but his Chopin concertos earn top marks:
Evgeny Kissin, …
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Posted in Chopin Currency on Aug 7th, 2008
The Philadelphia Orchestra launches its 43rd summer season in Saratoga Springs. Bravos for the Beethoven, but the orchestra's reading of a Chopin concerto with Emanuel Ax is in need of some Posturpedic treatment...
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Posted in Chopin Currency on Aug 6th, 2008
Chopin in the News:
Chicago Sun-Times – United States
Review of Ravinia Festival debut of Gilmore Prize-winning pianist Ingrid Fliter. Her Chopin didn’t come until the very …
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Posted in Chopin Currency on Aug 5th, 2008
Did Chopin have cystic fibrosis? A Iowa newspaper thinks his heart should be left undisturbed...
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Posted in Chopin Currency on Aug 4th, 2008
Chopin News, Reviews, and Previews:

Polish Radio External Service – Poland
Listen to the Audio report from Polish Radio: New Chopin Museum
“In 2010, the Chopin birth bicentenary year, Warsaw is to have a …
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Posted in Chopin Currency on Aug 3rd, 2008
Chopin News & Previews:
Independent – London,England,UK
A preview of the celebrity and controversy surrounding Lang Lang, as he prepares to perform at the Olympic Opening Ceremonies in Tiannenmen Square on Friday …
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Posted in Chopin Currency on Aug 2nd, 2008
Chopin Videos:
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Posted in Chopin Currency on Aug 1st, 2008

Polish Radio External Service – Poland
News of the opening of the International Chopin Piano Festival in the Polish spa town of Duszniki, tucked in the southwestern corner of the country. The Festival opens …
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