Dec. 8—The intellectual high point of my 19th and 20th years was paying a parking ticket at Baylor University in pennies because I felt that I did not deserve the ticket. That the fine was paid in ...

The two concertos were the first works of significance composed by Chopin after graduation. Both clearly refer to the form and convention of concertos created in the brillant style, the style of piano ...

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On a typical day, Hyejin Joo sits at a piano in a small Bienen practice room for about five hours, perfecting her performance of Frederic Chopin’s Concerto No. 1 in E minor. Joo, a Bienen doctoral ...

Yang told reporters later that day he felt the same way as after any other performance. "It's always a kind of relief. I try to remember only the good moments and quickly forget what could have gone ...

Ever since I was little, the Chopin E minor Piano Concerto has been one of my favorite pieces–so much so that as a teenager, I managed to learn enough of it to put myself in a state of bliss. But oh, ...

Many great composers go through periods of significant self-doubt and introspection – particularly when embarking on a major new work. For Chopin, though, there was a sense of abandonment – naïvety, ...

Throughout the week Classic FM’s presenters bring you the best new recordings, including world exclusives and premiere broadcasts of latest releases. This week: Chopin Piano Concertos by Benjamin ...

Ingrid Fliter, the young Argentine pianist, was born to play Chopin, of whose music she has already released two outstanding CDs for EMI. She will be including the 24 Preludes Op 28 in her Wigmore ...

Pianist Jan Simon is the soloist with the Prague Radio Symphony in the Piano Concerto No. 2, by Chopin. Vladimir Valek is the conductor. And after the Chopin, Fred takes a look at some recent emails ...

Argentinian pianist Ingrid Fliter's first disc under her new contract with Linn is inevitably devoted to the composer with whom she has been most closely associated since winning the silver medal at ...