Chopin News, Views, and Reviews:
A Comedic Ballet With Legs
Wall Street Journal - USA
WSJ critic marvels at the staying power of Jerome Robbins’ Chopinistic comedic creation….
“Death,” one showbiz quip has it, “is easy; comedy is hard.” However savvy Jerome Robbins might…
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Chopin in the blogosphere:
Robbins’s Definitive Chopin at the NYC Ballet
By nahnopenotquite
The Jerome Robbins Celebration for the 2008 spring season at the New York City Ballet is on now. I saw a program last night called Definitive Chopin that consisted of three…
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Preview: Playing a fugue of his favourite things
New Zealand Herald - New Zealand
Aussie pianist Piers Lane prepares to play a “friendly” in neighboring New Zealand…Chopin friends and colleagues Charles Alkan and Liszt, not to mention Liszt’s student Eugene…
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Chopin News, Reviews, and Previews
Must male pianists be pin-ups?
guardian.co.uk - UK
Provocative column from Guardian blogger about “making glamourpusses out of pianists…” The readers think it’s more of a generation gap…
In the crisis-laden economy of classical music concerts, pianists today are often…
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Posted in A Country in the Moon, Chopin Currency, Etudes, Garrick Ohlsson, Gilmore Festival, Michael Moran, Piano Sonata No. 3, Poland, Polish History, Preludes, Rafał Blechacz, Stephen Hough, Videos, Waltzes, books on May 9th, 2008
Chopin News, Reviews, and Previews:
Concert review: Young Polish pianist Rafal Blechacz dazzles …
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
A Bay Area reviewer isn’t quite ready to hand the Chopin crown to the hot young Polish pianist….
His performance May 4 at…
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Chopin News, Reviews, and Previews:
New Recordings of Legendary Pianist
New York Times - United States
This Tuesday privately made recordings of the American pianist William Kapell’s last concerts will finally be available. Sony/BMG is releasing this two-disc set, which has works by…
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Posted in Brubeck Braid, Chopin Currency, Claire Huangci, Edward Rebner, Gilmore Festival, J.S. Bach, Piano Concertos, Preludes, Rafał Blechacz, Richard Goode, Theodore Saidenberg, Woody Woodpecker, cartoons on Apr 29th, 2008

Chopin Video of the Day:
Woody Woodpecker: “Musical Moments from Chopin“
Woody Woodpecker and Andy Panda give a piano performance for an audience of barnyard animals. Soundtrack is provided by the duo-piano team of (Thomas) Saidenberg & (Edward) Rebner.
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Posted in Chopin Competition, Chopin Currency, Dmitri Tymoczko, Eleanor McEvoy, Guiomar Novaes, Music Theory, Preludes, Rafał Blechacz, beer, spas on Apr 25th, 2008
Chopin News, Reviews & Previews:
Award-winning pianist to perform here
Vancouver Sun - British Columbia, Canada
Both a review (of a new DG CD) and a preview of the pending May 2 appearance in Vancouver by Polish pianist Rafal Blechacz...
This is a real…
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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…
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Chopin in the YouTubeoSphere:
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VideoSong 4 - Radiohead/Chopin Matchup
See it to believe it….
1. What you see is what you hear (no lip-syncing for instruments or voice).2. If you hear it, at some point you see it (no hidden sounds).Radiohead’s Exit Music for…
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