Little music so combines poetry and mystery with the most formidable technical challenges as Chopin's Etudes, the two sets of 12 studies he wrote in his 20s. They have been treasured and recorded by ...

Chopin’s etudes are a kind of finishing school for pianists. Learning to play them at all gives a performer technique enough to handle most difficulties; learning to play them well leaves one with a ...

Internationally acclaimed Australian-British pianist Jayson Gillham turns his artistry to the Etudes of Chopin: music written to take pianists to the extremes of virtuosity while enchanting listeners ...

Lim Yunchan, the youngest winner ever to win the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, unveiled a single of Chopin’s Op.10 No.3 "Tristesse" earlier this week, offering a sneak peek at his first ...

Another month, another Chopin recital – though this, taped at the Wigmore Hall last year, is among the finest. Nelson Goerner constructs his programme around the Op 10 Études, which he argues, ...

Pianist Lim Yunchan swept the three most prestigious categories at the BBC Music Magazine Awards in London -- recording of the year, newcomer of the year and the instrumental award -- all for his ...

In March 2019 Beatrice Rana had the New York press in raptures with her Carnegie Hall Chopin. I can see why. Her playing has fire and poetry, imagination and originality, temperament and charm, all on ...

Internationally acclaimed Australian-British pianist Jayson Gillham turns his artistry to the Etudes of Chopin: music written to take pianists to the extremes of virtuosity while enchanting listeners ...