Chopin Videos:
Reilly, Chopin And Strayhorn
By Rifftides
From jazz journalist Doug Ramsey’s Rifftides blog on Artsjournal.com, a fascinating performance by jazz pianist Jack Reilly…
That led to a search that turned up video of Reilly in a performance that melds Chopin and Strayhorn. His subtle key changes…
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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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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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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 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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Posted in Alexander Tharaud, American Ballet Theatre, Buffalo NY, Chopin Currency, Chopin Singing Society, Dance, Dear Fredric, Dyngus Day, Preludes, Videos on Mar 24th, 2008

Dyngus Day to proclaim Polish pride
Buffalo News - NY, United States
Today we tip our hat to the venerable Chopin Singing Society, proud keepers of the Dyngus Day flame in Western New York…
For the clueless, Dyngus Day is a Polish-American tradition…
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Chopin News, Reviews, and Previews:
Music and ‘the Man’
In-depth profile of pianist Byron Janis, who describes his affinity for Chopin:
But it was a Polish composer who may have had the greatest influence: Chopin was always a favorite, and Janis returned the…
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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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