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 Ballades, Chopin Currency, Enrique Granados, George Sand, Jorge Luis Prats, Konstancja Gladowska, Love Life, Marie Wodzinski, Neal Sedaka, Suite101, Waltzes on Apr 21st, 2008
Chopin News, Reviews, and Previews:
The master songwriter turns maestro
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
Legendary (and remarkably durable) hitman Neil Sedaka is poised to “return to his classical roots” Down Under…
Sedaka was an acclaimed junior pianist studying at the Juilliard School…
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Posted in Ballades, Chopin Currency, Dixie State College, George Sand, Introduction and Polonaise Brillante, Lang Lang, Lowri Blake, Nancy Allred, WordStage Vermont, Yundi Li on Mar 22nd, 2008
Chopin & George Sand
Barre Montpelier Times Argus - Barre,VT,USA
A preview of a WordStage Vermont production of “Frédéric & George,” — “an evening of letters, diaries, and memoirs penned by these two paradoxically matched lovers and some of their intimate circle.”
“Mme. Sand, beware of…
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Posted in Artur Rubinstein, Chopin Bar, Chopin Currency, George Sand, Jeremy Denk, Marilyn Horne, Murray Perahia, Pauline Viardot, Yundi Li, barcarolle on Mar 20th, 2008
Chopin News, Reviews, and Previews:
Opera’s elite celebrate music of Viardot
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
Another story on the Pauline Viardot stage show in San Francisco, with some fascinating insights from Marilyn Horne:
“She helped Wagner raise money for ‘Tristan und…
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Posted in Arthur Greene, Chopin Currency, Chopin Project, Elton John, George Sand, Mazurkas, Nocturnes, Novi Sad (vocal group), Tadeus Majewski, Videos, Vladimir Ashkenazy, asteriods, fiction on Mar 1st, 2008
Chopin Performance of the Day: A Chopin Rarity from Chopin Project Artistic Director Arthur Greene:
“The Nocturne in E-flat, Op. 9 No. 2 comes from around 1830, -after Chopin had left Warsaw forever. But the version I’m playing here has a bit of…
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What will undoubtedly be the first of many “career-retrospective” items about Austrian pianist Alfred Brendel as he begins his farewell tour of the USA. In the article…
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Chopin News, Reviews, & Previews:
Byron Janis Celebrates 80th Birthday 3/10 in Concert with Hensley …
Celebrated Chopin interpreter (and more recently, composer of Broadway songs) Byron Janis is set to present two shows - celebrating his 80th birthday (and Chopin’s 198th!)…
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