Ten works revealing the paradox of Chopin: a composer outwardly delicate, inwardly steely; rooted in Polish dance rhythms, yet formed in Parisian sophistication.

In line with a long-standing tradition, the historic mansion in the composer’s birthplace of Żelazowa Wola, some 50 km west of Warsaw, will be the venue for an all-Chopin recital at noon. It will be ...

Violin Concerto in D, Op 77 Julia Fischer (violin), WDR Sinfonieorchester, Cristian Măcelaru (conductor) 01:11 AM Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Sarabande, from 'Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004' ...

Shin Ji-a finished fourth in the women's short program of the team event in figure skating at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics in northern Italy on Friday. Shin scored 68.80 points to find herself ...

The Spokane Symphony performed its “Masterworks 6” program this weekend led by guest conductor Shira Samuels-Shragg, who served as assistant conductor in Spokane during the 2023-24 season and is now ...

GNIAZDOWSKA Musicologist, Deputy Head of the Research and Publishing Department at the Fryderyk Chopin National Institute. Ryc. Fabien Clairefond The only tangible trace of a <a class="mh-excerpt-more ...

Katie Derham with two hours of the best live music and chat. EMPOWER: Women Changing Music play live ahead of the premiere of Anchors of Freedom by Ezo Sarici at Empower 2026, and conductor Paavo ...

The Ligeti was his Étude No. 4, “Fanfares,” from 1985. It was light and limpid, and flavored with jazz. The Liszt was the Rhapsodie espagnole, from 1858. It is jaw-droppingly difficult. And Mr. Liu ...

(24) Walzermasken, Movements: Profil (Chopin) Leopold Godowsky, Composer Jonathan Plowright, Piano Tales of Childhood, Movements: Hommage à Chopin Theodore Leschetizky, Composer Jonathan Plowright, ...

A rising young composer on the verge of international fame, Frédéric Chopin was just 20 when he wrote his Piano Concerto No.

Vladimir Mogilevsky is an official artist of Steinway & Sons and a prize winner and laureate of numerous international festivals and competitions, including the International Prize for the best ...

LibPyin is a plug-in library for pitch (fundamental frequency) detection (see here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitch_detection_algorithm). The library provides ...