Acclaimed Chopin Project pianist Svetlana Smolina will play Chopin’s Twenty-four Preludes, Op. 28 as part of her performance tomorrow at 4:30PM (Friday, March 5th) at the Winter …
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Posted in Chopin Currency on Jul 6th, 2008

Chopin News, Reviews, and Previews:
‘The Year of Sembrich’ features pianist Simon Mulligan as part of …
Schenectady Gazette – Schenectady,NY,USA
News of a series of events marking the 150th anniversary of the birth of Polish-American soprano and vocal instructor …
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Posted in Chih-Long Hu, Waltzes on Mar 19th, 2008
Is this indeed Chopin’s “farewell” to his Polish fiancee Marie Wodzińska? The autographed manuscript has the inscription “Pour Mlle Marie.” We’ll let the “Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing” blog pick up the story…with a tip of the …
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Posted in Arthur Greene, Waltzes on Mar 6th, 2008
Chopin’s third waltz has been called a “piece full of melancholy, gloom and grief, expressed in mournful simplicity.”
Though, according to the Vancouver Chopin Society,
The composer Stephen Heller related that Chopin called this slow (Lento) waltz his favorite. When
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