The Piano Music of Fryderyk Chopin - from the Studio of Arthur Greene
Posted in Chopin Competition, Chopin Currency, Grigory Sokolov, Krystian Zimerman, Lang Lang, Preludes, Yundi Li on Apr 18th, 2008
Chopin News, Reviews, and Previews:
When Fame Can’t Cross the Atlantic
New York Times - United States
Fascinating story (and review) of Russian pianist Grigory Sokolov, lionized in Europe; barely known in America….
Classical music is supposedly universal. Language may still be a cultural…
Posted in Chopin Currency, Chopiniana, Dance, Evgenia Rubinova, Heroic Polonaise, Illinois Symphony, Jerome Robbins, Kirov Ballet, Lang Lang, Opera North Orchestra, Sa Chen on Apr 8th, 2008
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Though Hyde did appear, Lang Lang mostly Jekyll
Chicago Tribune - United States
Chicago critic decides there are two sides - or perhaps two personas - in the Chinese virtuoso:
More and more I am convinced there are two…
Posted in Chopin Currency, Dariusz Pawlas, Emanuel Ax, Etudes, Lang Lang, Madison Symphony Orchestra, Project Launch, Segundo Pastor, guitar on Apr 2nd, 2008
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Project Launch to host Autism Benefit Concert
Woodlands Online, LLC - The Woodlands,TX,USA
A preview of a benefit concert by Dariusz Pawlas for Project Launch - a Texas-based organization that While the April concert centers on Autism, the overall target…
Posted in Artur Rubinstein Piano Competition, Chopin Currency, Etudes, Ferdinand Hiller, Howard Shelley, Irina Zahherenkova, Israel Philharmonic, Lang Lang, Valentina Lisitsa on Mar 27th, 2008
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Rubinstein Piano Competition / The heat that shuffled the deck
Ha’aretz - Tel Aviv,Israel
Bravos for the competitors, brickbats for the orchestra, in the latest dispatch from Tel Aviv:
Contestant Irina Zahharenkova, for instance, chose Chopin’s Concerto No. 2.…
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…
Posted in Andante spianato et Grande Polonaise Brillante, Artur Rubinstein, Ben Agosto, Chopin Currency, Ice Dancing, Lang Lang, Mazurkas, Nocturnes, Tanith Belbin, Yundi Li, fiction, figure skating on Mar 18th, 2008
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Belbin, Agosto taking a classical approach
Boston Globe - United States
Chopin turns out to be the missing ingredient in the ice-dancing tandem’s Quest for Gold….
[Tanith] Belbin and [Ben] Agosto are the most successful dance team the US…
Posted in Chopin Currency, Etudes, Frederica von Stade, Lang Lang, Marilyn Horne, Pauline Viardot, Yundi Li on Mar 17th, 2008
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Lauded opera legend Viardot honored in tailor-made show
Examiner.com - USA
Rave review for theatrical/music program dedicated to Chopin amie Pauline Viardot (see previous entry):
Their combined brilliance is astounding. Two of America’s greatest living mezzos, Frederica von Stade and Marilyn…
Posted in Ballades, Cecile Licad, Chopin Currency, Evgenia Rubinova, Fantaisie-Impromptu, Heroic Polonaise, Kurikinton Fox, Lang Lang, Mazurkas, Piano Concertos, Yundi Li, arrangements, fiction on Mar 15th, 2008
Chopin Video of the Day:
Kurikinton Fox - F.Chopin - fantasy impromptu in Guitar!!!
Not bad at all!
This is Fantasy Impromptu AKA Gino’s piece. These guys did this in g-tar…Amazing:D.
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Posted in Chopin Currency, Dance, Etudes, Heroic Polonaise, Jerome Robbins, Lang Lang, Martha Argerich, Mazurkas, New York City Ballet, Oliver Sacks, fiction, journals on Mar 14th, 2008
Kicking against convention: a scene from The Concert, a clever and …
This is London - London,England,UK
Another one of Jerome Robbins’ famous interpretations of Chopin, from the New York City Ballet performance at the London Coliseum….(be sure to read the Comments…
Posted in Alexander Tharaud, Artur Rodzinski, Chopin Currency, Etudes, Eun Joo Chung, Frederic Mompou, Hans Graf, Impromptu (movie), Lang Lang, Paul Badura-Skoda, Piano Concertos, Preludes, Vienna State Opera Orchestra on Mar 7th, 2008
Chopin News, Previews, Rants, and Reviews:
Yesterday we brought you two views of Yundi Li; today it’s the “other” superstar Chinese pianist’s turn. Mark Swed of the LA Times is both impressed and appalled:
Tuesday night, he [Lang Lang] returned…
Chopin 2010: Chopin in the News