The Piano Music of Fryderyk Chopin – Hear, Share, See, Play, Discover More Chopin . . . Infinitely Listenable
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 André Laplante, Chopin Currency, Evgeny Kissin, Grand Valse Brilliante, Nocturnes, Piano Sonata No. 2, Piano Sonata No. 3, Radiohead on Apr 17th, 2008
Chopin/Radiohead update:
The “Matchup” of a Chopin prelude with Radiohead’s Exit Music for a Film is getting noticed all over the blogosphere (see the Chopin Currency for April 15), prompting this comment from ThisIsNotALabel Computer Music Blog :
…This
Posted in Benno Moiseiwitsch, Chopin Competition, Chopin Currency, Chopin Foundation, Gilmore Festival, Ingrid Fliter, Jacek Kortus, Mieczyslaw Horszowski, Mindru Katz, Piano Sonata No. 2 on Apr 6th, 2008
Chopin News, Reviews, and Previews:
Chopin: Piano Sonata No 3; Mazurkas Op 59; Barcarolle Op 60 …
Telegraph.co.uk – United Kingdom
UK paper gives Gilmore Award winner Ingrid Fliter a vigorous thumbs-up on her new All-Chopin CD:
Ingrid …
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
Chopin News, Reviews, and Previews:
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
Posted in Andrezj Panufnik, Chopin Currency, Chopin Memorial, Fantaisie-Impromptu, Hee Ah Lee, Lim Dong-hyek, Piano Sonata No. 2, Simon Trpčeski on Feb 19th, 2008
Chopin News, Reviews, & Previews:
Pianist Lim Dong-hyek Emerges From Slump With Bach
Hearing Bach’s Goldberg Variations used in a computer game prompts 23-year old Korean star (studying at Juilliard) to break out of artistic doldrums. Known as an interpreter …
Posted in Ballades, Chopin Currency, dogs, Flavio Varani, Ken Russell, Marc-André Hamelin, Martha Argerich, Piano Sonata No. 2, Piano Sonata No. 3, Richard Goode on Jan 29th, 2008
Chopin In the News:
Chopin, With Progenitors and Progeny
New York Times – United States
In a brief program note Mr. Goode called the concert “a kind of homage to Chopin.” In practice, this meant surrounding Chopin’s …
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