Posted in Beethoven, Chopin Currency, Gabriela Montero, George Sand, Gilmore Festival, Grigory Sokolov, Hershey Felder, Jorgeous, Marc-André Hamelin, Monsieur Chopin, Piano Sonata No. 3, photos on May 10th, 2008

Chopin News, Reviews, and Previews:
Felder completes composer trilogy with ‘Beethoven’ premiere
North County Times - Escondido,CA,USA
Really having more to do with Ludwig than Fryderyk, a preview of Hershey Felder’s new one-man show in San Diego…
Like the other two plays, “Beethoven, As…
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Posted in A Country in the Moon, Alisa Weilerstein, Ballades, Cello Sonata, Chopin Currency, Gabriela Montero, Giuseppe Albanese, Inon Barnatan, Literature, Michael Moran, Poland, Ventura Music Festival, books on May 8th, 2008
Chopin News, Reviews, and Previews:

A Country In The Moon is a poetic exploration
Metro - London,UK
Echoes of Chopin abound in a new travelogue through post-Communist Poland by an Australian author ‘”honoring a deathbed pledge to his uncle– an eccentric concert pianist…
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Posted in Anatoly Kobrin, Chopin Airport Warsaw, Chopin Currency, Gabriela Montero, Piers Lane, Pleyel Piano, Project Gutenberg, Steinway, Van Cliburn Competition, Waleed Howrani on Feb 4th, 2008
Chopin in the News:
The secret of Gabriela Montero’s improvisations
Times Online - UK
From the improvised vocal polyphony, called discantus, of medieval times to the extravagant exhibitions of Chopin and Liszt in the salons of 19th-century …
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A night…
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