Posted in Alex Kobrin, BBC Radio 3, Cello Sonata, Chopin Currency, Chopin Marathon, David Owen Norris, Gilmore Festival, Ingrid Fliter, Jan Vogler, Piano Sonata No. 3, Sergio Tiempo, Van Cliburn Competition, Videos on Apr 16th, 2008
Chopin News, Reviews, Previews, and Broadcasts:
BBC dedicates weekend to Chopin
BBC News - UK
BBC Radio 3 announces a blockbuster weekend dedicated to Chopin (May 17-18, 2008, including the launch of “a dedicated website, launched as part of the Chopin weekend, will…
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Chopin News, Reviews, and Previews:
Rachmaninoff fails to fill the hall
Arizona Daily Star - Tucson,AZ,USA
Not “news,” but an interesting time capsule from February 1925:
Maybe folks went to the literature club’s discussion of “Modern English Novels” or possibly the talk at the…
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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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