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The Chopin Currency - June 12th, 2008

Posted in Chopin Currency, Fantaisie-Impromptu, Maurizio Pollini, Revolutionary Etude, Ringtones, Scherzos, Yundi Li on Jun 12th, 2008

Chopin News, Views, and Reviews:

Maurizio Pollini: when inspiration flows through to the third encore
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom

London critic finds the essence of the Italian artist’s mastery in a brief Chopin etude:

When everything clicks in a Maurizio Pollini recital, as it did…

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The Chopin Currency - May 21st, 2008

Posted in American Ballet Theatre, Beethoven, Chopin Currency, Dance, Hershey Felder, Monsieur Chopin, Preludes, Prometheus Dance Company, Yundi Li on May 21st, 2008

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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The Chopin Currency - April 18th, 2008

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…

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The Chopin Currency - April 9, 2008

Posted in Awards, Chopin Academy Warsaw, Chopin Currency, Critics, Dave Brubeck, Garrick Ohlsson, John Lee Roberts, Piano Sonata No. 3, Poland, Yundi Li, jazz on Apr 9th, 2008

Chopin News, Reviews, and Previews:

Dave Brubeck wins medal for spreading jazz abroad
Reuters - USA

The legendary jazzman comes to Washington DC to be honored by the State Department - and to explain his connection to Chopin (including a visit to Poland…

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The Chopin Currency - April 3, 2008

Posted in Andante spianato et Grande Polonaise Brillante, Chopin Currency, Ghosts, Mazurkas, Savannah Music Festival, Supernatural, Xiayin Wang, Yu Kosuge, Yundi Li on Apr 3rd, 2008

Chopin News, Previews, and Reviews….

Answering Bach’s Call With Color and Stamina
New York Times - United States

Chinese pianist Xiayin Wang impresses at Carnegie’s Zankel Hall…

Even for the most gifted young pianist, it takes a lot to be noticed. Xiayin Wang, a doctoral…

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The Chopin Currency - April 1, 2008

Posted in Chopin Currency, The Pianist, Yundi Li, blogs, downloads, emo on Apr 1st, 2008

Chopin News, Reviews, and Previews:

Pianist Yundi Li makes his Miami debut
MiamiHerald.com - Miami,FL,USA

Preview of the April 1 debut by our headline-grabbing pianist, who discusses his continuing connection to Chopin afer wininning the Chopin competition in Warsaw…

Yet Chopin will make up…

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The Chopin Currency - March 23, 2008

Posted in Chopin Currency, Eternal Sonata, Etudes, Frederica von Stade, Louis Lortie, Marilyn Horne, Mazurkas, Pauline Viardot, Yundi Li, fashion on Mar 23rd, 2008

Today’s Yundi Li Installment:

Yundi Li, pianist
Financial Times - London,England,UK

From the Financial Times, Yundi Li shares his fashion faves:

I wore this today because it’s comfortable but tonight (in Hong Kong to accept the South China Morning Post and Harper’s Bazaar Style…

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The Chopin Currency: March 22, 2008

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 WordStag e 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.”