Posted in Beethoven, Chopin Currency, Gabriela Montero, George Sand, Gilmore Festival, Grigory Sokolov, Hershey Felder, Jorgeous, Marc-André Hamelin, Monsieur Chopin, photos, Piano Sonata No. 3 on May 10th, 2008
Chopin News, Reviews, and Previews:
Felder completes composer trilogy with ‘Beethoven’ premiere
North County Times – Escondido,CA,USA
Really having more to do with Ludwig than Fryderyk, a preview of Hershey Felder’s new one-man show in San Diego…
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Posted in A Country in the Moon, books, Chopin Currency, Etudes, Garrick Ohlsson, Gilmore Festival, Michael Moran, Piano Sonata No. 3, Poland, Polish History, Preludes, Rafał Blechacz, Stephen Hough, Videos, Waltzes on May 9th, 2008
Chopin News, Reviews, and Previews:
Concert review: Young Polish pianist Rafal Blechacz dazzles …
San Jose Mercury News – CA, USA
A Bay Area reviewer isn’t quite ready to hand the Chopin crown to the hot young Polish pianist….
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Chopin News, Reviews, and Previews:
‘My Young Years’: Rubinstein’s Enchanting Prelude
Washington Post – United States
Book critic and columnist Jonathan Yardley’s “Second Readings” series shines the spotlight on a long out-of-print autobiography by the Polish piano master…
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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 :
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Posted in Alex Kobrin, BBC Radio 3, Cello Sonata, Chopin Currency, Chopin Marathon, David Owen Norris, Gilmore Festival, Ingrid Fliter, Jan Vogler, Piano Sonata No. 3, Sergio Tiempo, Van Cliburn Competition, Videos on Apr 16th, 2008
Chopin News, Reviews, Previews, and Broadcasts:
BBC dedicates weekend to Chopin
BBC News – UK
BBC Radio 3 announces a blockbuster weekend dedicated to Chopin (May 17-18, 2008, including the launch of “a dedicated website, launched as part of the …
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Chopin News, Reviews, and Previews:
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 …
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Posted in Awards, Chopin Academy Warsaw, Chopin Currency, Critics, Dave Brubeck, Garrick Ohlsson, jazz, John Lee Roberts, Piano Sonata No. 3, Poland, Yundi Li 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 …
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Chopin News, Reviews, & Previews:
Pianist enamored of works by Chopin
Toradze Piano Studio graduate Ketevan Badridze rediscovers Chopin: “Chopin is one of my favorite composers, and I have not performed him for a long, long time, and I decided …
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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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