Frederic Chopin was one of the great composers for piano. His work forever changed what we even imagine as possible on the instrument, both technically and emotionally. It's one thing to say Chopin's ...

Of the 57 Mazurkas composed by Fryderyk Chopin between 1825 and 1849, the Mazurkas Op. 6, 7, 17, 24, 30, 33, 41, 50, 56, 59 and 63 appeared in print in his lifetime, whereas Op. 67 and 68 were ...

No composer embodies the Romantic image of the “pale and interesting” aesthete better than Frederic Chopin. Which is why quite a few classical music lovers are wary of him. They feel someone who was ...

"I wanted to be concentrated only on my repertoire, on my interpretations," he told me during this studio performance. Blechacz's self-contained approach led to an unprecedented result at what may be ...