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 ...
The finishing tape of Konstantin Scherbakov’s Godowsky marathon is in sight. His project to record the complete works began back in 1996 but he has waited until now to tackle what are arguably the ...
First Decca studio album of 20-year-old pianist released on April 19; Lim to kick off national recital tour in June When practicing for the recording of his first solo album, “Chopin Etudes,” which ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...