Chopin's variety of feelings opens up a panorama of unimaginable breadth. Phenomenal in this regard is, for instance, the series of 24 Preludes Opus 28, a sophisticated guide on the human soul down to ...

Over time, it became one of the pieces every aspiring pianist must learn. Perhaps due to its simplicity and flow, it gained ...

When Frédéric Chopin composed the Nocturnes, Op. 9 between 1830 and 1832, when he was around 20 years old, the only way for listeners to hear them was through a live pianist. Nearly two ...

After moving to France, Chopin sustained himself by teaching piano lessons and selling his works. Some of his most famous pieces are his nocturnes and more than 150 years after his death are ...

As an amateur pianist, I grew up adoring Chopin’s music. His waltzes, nocturnes, ballades and mazurkas are a dreamy realm of nostalgia, longing, suffering and bliss. He is still one of music’s ...

of six pieces by Chopin, including some of the Nocturnes op. 9, Mazurkas op. 59 and the Polonaise ‘Military’ and ‘Hero’. As it is customary with the festival, some of the very best of ...

He also performed Chopin’s music with instruments of the ... s Polish weekend at the South Bank Centre, introducing the nocturnes, waltzes and polonaises before they metamorphosed into newer ...

Chopin Year 2010 coincides with the 60th anniversary ... I was just seven At that point I was playing the Etudes and the Nocturnes obviously I didnt try and tackle the larger scale Sonatas or ...