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The music sheet says Chopin at the top, but is the new waltz really by THE Chopin? ... The waltz clocks in at under a minute long when played on piano, as many of Chopin’s works were intended.
The Polish composer wrote more or less exclusively for the piano, building up a repertoire of 234 solo piano pieces – and British pianist Warren Mailley-Smith memorised them all for an impressive ...
A waltz from one of history's most famous musicians has been discovered after 200 years. It is the first new piece from the composer found in this century.
The last piano on which Frederic Chopin played and composed in Paris is being renovated by a U.S. expert who is giving it back its original mid-19th century characteristics.
And the biggest prize of the competition? The $20,000 Alexei Sultanov Memorial Discovery Prize, named for the gold-medal winner of the 1989 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition.Sultanov is ...
Frédéric Chopin wrote some of the most famous piano music ever, but where should you start? Our handy guide will show you what to listen out for and what to go for next. Chopin and the piano go ...
Frederic Chopin completed his two piano concertos before he reached his 20th birthday. They are famously imperfect creations: If there was little about writing for the piano that Chopin did not ...
Chopin traveled to Majorca for rest but upon arriving could not find a piano. He finally settled for a local craftsman’s pianino, hauled up the mountainside in a cart drawn by mules.