The last piano Frederic Chopin ever played is currently being restored in the Polish capital. The historic instrument is being given back its original mid-19th century characteristics using expert ...

In Paris, far from his Polish homeland, Chopin gave his soul to the piano, creating for it music of unearthly beauty. Into the Nocturnes, he poured the greatest brightness of his genius. Chopin was ...

Even now, performances of the masterpieces of the 19th-century piano repertoire on keyboards of the composer’s time are not exactly commonplace, and when Cyril Huvé made his recordings of Chopin’s ...

Anyone who has made it to grade four or five on the piano will, almost certainly, have encountered a piece by Chopin. Certainly, no compilation of "classics for beginners" is complete without his E ...

Chopin’s solo piano études helped push the genre into uncharted territory. He would have practiced examples by Czerny and Clementi in his youth, but his own Op. 10 and Op. 25 sets make far more ...

‘When playing one of Chopin’s works, the job of the pianist is often to try to make the piano sing as expressively as possible, like a singer,’ says Quah. – AZMAN GHANI/The Star Malaysian classical ...

Radio 3's Chopin Experience was a weekend of programmes dedicated to Chopin, exploring his life and times, the enduring popularity of his music, and his musical legacy. Who was Chopin? Listen to ...

Yulianna Avdeeva has scored a spectacular success. As first female winner of the International Fryderyk Chopin Competition since Martha Argerich triumphed in now-legendary fashion in 1965, the 25-year ...