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Category Archive for 'Preludes'

[Robbins ballet photo]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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Chopin News, Reviews, and Previews:


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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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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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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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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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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